From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:59:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Mention that GNU M4 is now required. Clarify what is meant by "larger X-Git-Tag: BISON-1_49b~50 X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/commitdiff_plain/a861a3390f8fe43e8ebed91c177329184fa6aa8b Mention that GNU M4 is now required. Clarify what is meant by "larger grammars". Mention the pt_BR translation. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c589d2f2..51836800 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Bison News ---------- -Changes in version 1.49b: +Changes in version 1.49b, 2002-08-12: * GLR parsing The declaration @@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ Changes in version 1.49b: * Traces Popped tokens and nonterminals are now reported. -* Large grammars - Large grammars are now supported (large token numbers, large grammar - size (= sum of the LHS and RHS lengths), large LALR tables). +* Larger grammars + Larger grammars are now supported (larger token numbers, larger grammar + size (= sum of the LHS and RHS lengths), larger LALR tables). + Formerly, many of these numbers ran afoul of 16-bit limits; + now these limits are 32 bits on most hosts. * Explicit initial rule Bison used to play hacks with the initial rule, which the user does @@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ Changes in version 1.49b: * Token end-of-file The token end of file may be specified by the user, in which case, the user symbol is used in the reports, the graphs, and the verbose - error messages instead of `$end', which remains being the defaults. + error messages instead of `$end', which remains being the default. For instance %token YYEOF 0 or @@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ Changes in version 1.49b: * Semantic parser This old option, which has been broken for ages, is removed. -* New translation +* New translations + Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to Alexandre Folle de Menezes. Croatian, thanks to Denis Lackovic. * Incorrect token definitions @@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ Changes in version 1.49b: bar: '0' {} '0'; This is fixed. + +* GNU M4 is now required when using Bison. Changes in version 1.35, 2002-03-25: