From: Joel E. Denny <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:22:27 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: * NEWS (2.5): Describe new -D/--define feature.
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* NEWS (2.5): Describe new -D/--define feature.
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+2009-04-06  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
+
+	* NEWS (2.5): Describe new -D/--define feature.
+
 2008-11-10  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
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 * Changes in version 2.5 (????-??-??):
 
+** %define can now be invoked via the command line.
+
+  Each of these bison command-line options
+
+    -D NAME=VALUE
+    --define=NAME=VALUE
+
+  is equivalent to this grammar file declaration
+
+    %define NAME "VALUE"
+
+  for any NAME and VALUE.  Omitting `=VALUE' on the command line is
+  equivalent to omitting `"VALUE"' in the declaration.
+
 * Changes in version 2.4.2 (????-??-??):
 
 * Changes in version 2.4.1 (2008-12-11):