When using $(top_builddir) inconsistently, Make (including GNU
Make) is sometimes confused. As a result it may want to build
lib/libbison.la and $(top_builddir)/lib/libbison.la (the same
file, different names) concurrently, which, amusingly enough,
might end with:
Joel E. Denny [Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:43:07 +0000 (21:43 -0400)]
Miscellaneous code readability improvements.
* src/reader.c (reader): Move %define front-end variable
defaults and checking into...
(prepare_percent_define_front_end_variables): ... this new
function.
* src/scan-gram.l (INITIAL): For consistency with string
literals, don't store open quote on character literal. It's
discarded before returning anyway.
(SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Similarly, don't store close quote.
Make length test more readable, and make the character stored
for an empty literal more obvious while consistent with the
previous behavior.
* src/symtab.c, src/symtab.h: Rename USER_NUMBER_ALIAS to
USER_NUMBER_HAS_STRING_ALIAS throughout.
* src/symtab.c (symbol_make_alias): Remove comment from symtab.c
that is repeated in symtab.h. Improve argument names to make it
clear which side of the symbol-string alias pair is which.
(symbol_check_alias_consistency): Improve local variable names
for the same purpose.
* src/symtab.h (struct symbol): Make comments about aliases
clearer.
(symbol_make_alias): Improve comments and argument name.
* src/output.c (token_definitions_output): Update for rename to
USER_NUMBER_HAS_STRING_ALIAS and improve comments about aliases.
Joel E. Denny [Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:34:09 +0000 (11:34 -0400)]
maint: make update-b4-copyright easier to use
* build-aux/update-b4-copyright: In warnings, report line
numbers rather than character positions.
* cfg.mk (update-copyright-local): Set to update-b4-copyright so
that update-copyright runs it.
* gnulib: Update.
Joel E. Denny [Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:52:41 +0000 (19:52 -0400)]
maint: clean up update-b4-copyright code
* build-aux/update-b4-copyright: Do not accept 2-digit
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, which was not handled correctly.
Don't accept a `[' in a b4_copyright argument.
Format code more consistently.
Don't assume b4*copyright never occurs.
Joel E. Denny [Sat, 1 Aug 2009 21:51:34 +0000 (17:51 -0400)]
Pacify "gcc -Wunused" for the input function from Flex.
Reported by Alex Rozenman. This warning shows up with gcc-4.3.0
and later.
* src/scan-code.l: Add "%option noinput", which I cannot find in
the Flex manual, but which Flex has supported since at least as
far back as 2.5.4. However, if any of our developers still use
Flex 2.5.4, they'll need to stop configuring with
--enable-gcc-warnings because "%option noinput" didn't work
correctly until Flex 2.5.6.
* src/scan-gram.l: Likewise.
* src/scan-skel.l: Likewise.
(cherry picked from commit 42f8609bbd033edf6cca102ca080eade94ed08ef)
Joel E. Denny [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:29:07 +0000 (10:29 -0400)]
Warn about character literals not of length one.
* NEWS (2.5): Document.
* src/scan-gram.l (INITIAL): Remove comment that we don't check
the length.
(SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Warn if length is wrong.
* tests/input.at (Bad character literals): New test group.
(cherry picked from commit ac9b0e954b1d3aed514a3bbd363da1514202af0f)
Alex Rozenman [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:04:16 +0000 (21:04 +0300)]
Fix some memory leaks.
* src/named-ref.c: Add a pointer check (named_ref_free).
* src/scan-code.l: New function (variant_table_free). Called in
code_scanner_free.
* src/symlist.c: Call to named_ref_free (symbol_list_free).
Joel E. Denny [Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:06:49 +0000 (15:06 -0400)]
Some M4 cleanup in the testsuite.
Suggested by Eric Blake at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-04/msg00083.html>.
* tests/existing.at (_AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR): Do not
complicate the code by distinguishing between a missing value
and an empty string value for an optional argument. This fix is
allowed by the similar fix in AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE below.
* tests/local.at (_AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE): Merge into...
(AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE): ... this now that the special
arguments are not needed because of the following changes.
Fix stale comments.
Bison developers should use GNU M4 and should not use
POSIXLY_CORRECT when building the test suite, so do not
complicate the code by avoiding $10 and above.
Do not quote an empty string value for an optional argument, and
do not distinguish between a missing value and an empty string
value.
(cherry picked from commit cba975069a746bccdd2f2a954954ac7e43a47ac2)
Joel E. Denny [Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:21:00 +0000 (04:21 -0400)]
Revert unnecessary column realignment in --help output.
Reported by Akim Demaille at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-06/msg00010.html>.
* src/getargs.c (usage): Here.
(cherry picked from commit 620b2e3691598e057e24a7965fd268d0495cf9f5)
Alex Rozenman [Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:52:38 +0000 (17:52 +0300)]
Style changes and factoring.
* src/named-ref.h: Add comments.
* src/parse-gram.y: Readability and style changes.
* src/reader.c: Factoring: assign_named_ref function.
* src/scan-code.l: Factoring and style changes. Rename
parse_named_ref to parse_ref. Use "c-ctype.h" from gnulib.
Use "unsigned" type for variant index. Improve readablity.
* src/scan-gram.l: Change error messages and add comments.
* src/symlist.h: symbol_list_null: New function decl.
* src/symlist.c: symbol_list_null: Implement here.
* tests/named-refs.at: Adjust for new error messages.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:02:48 +0000 (15:02 +0200)]
build: avoid concurrent extraction of calc++.
* examples/calc++/Makefile.am (calc.stamp): New.
Depend on it to create the sources of calc++ so that concurrent
builds don't launch several "extexi" in parallel.
Not only this is inefficient, this also builds incorrect sources
with several extractions mixed together.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:41:13 +0000 (14:41 +0200)]
parse.error: fix.
* data/bison.m4: Move code related to specific variables after the
definition of the variable-maintaining macros so that we don't
"invoke" b4_percent_define_check_values before it is defined.
Akim Demaille [Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:00:36 +0000 (10:00 +0200)]
variables: parse.error
Implement, document, and test the replacement of %error-verbose
by %define parse.error "verbose".
* data/bison.m4 (b4_error_verbose_if): Reimplement to track the
values of the parse.error variable.
Make "simple" its default value.
Check the valid values.
* src/parse-gram.y: Use %define parse.error.
(PERCENT_ERROR_VERBOSE): New token.
Support it.
* src/scan-gram.l: Support %error-verbose.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Replace the documentation of
%define error-verbose by that of %define parse.error.
* NEWS: Document it.
* tests/actions.at, tests/calc.at: Use parse.error instead of
%error-verbose.
* src/parse-gram.y: Add new syntax (named_ref.opt).
* src/reader.c: Store named refs in symbol lists.
* src/reader.h: New argument for symbol_append and
action_append functions.
* src/scan-code.h: Add new field (named_ref) into
code_props data structure. Keeps named ref of midrule
actions.
* src/scan-code.l: Support for named refs in semantic
action code. New function 'parse_named_ref'.
* src/scan-gram.l: Support bracketed id.
* src/symlist.c: Store named refs in symbol lists.
* src/symlist.h: New field in symbol list: named_ref.
* src/named-ref.h: New file, a struct for named_ref.
* src/named-ref.cp: New file, named_ref_new function.
* src/local.mk: Add two new files.
* tests/testsuite.at: Include new test group:
* tests/named-refs.at: this new file.
Akim Demaille [Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:52:23 +0000 (16:52 +0200)]
variables: rename namespace as api.namespace.
Discussed in
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-04/msg00033.html
* data/bison.m4 (b4_percent_define_copy_, b4_percent_define_copy):
New.
(b4_percent_define_use): New.
Use it where applicable.
* data/c++.m4: Replace uses of the variable "namespace" by
"api.namespace".
Default the latter to the former.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Document "namespace" as
obsolete.
Document api.namespace.
Use @samp to document %define uses, keep @code for identifiers.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* tests/c++.at, tests/input.at: Test api.namespace instead of
namespace. (The tests passed with namespace.)
Akim Demaille [Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:14:52 +0000 (20:14 +0200)]
deterministic test suite.
Some consistency checks on symbols are performed after all the
symbols were read, by an iteration over the symbol table. This
traversal is nondeterministic, which can be a problem for test
cases.
Avoid this.
Addresses another form of nondeterminism reported by Joel E. Denny.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-05/msg00023.html
* tests/input.at (Numbered tokens): Split the hexadecimal/decimal
test in two.
Use different file names for the three tests to make the
maintenance easier.
Akim Demaille [Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:40:55 +0000 (10:40 +0200)]
gnulib: update.
* gnulib: Update to latest.
* lib/.cvsignore, lib/.gitignore, m4/.cvsignore,
* m4/.gitignore: Regen.
* src/symtab.c (symbol_from_uniqstr, semantic_type_from_uniqstr):
Call xalloc_die on hash_insert failures.
Requested by the new __warn_unused_result__ attribute of
hash_insert.
Joel E. Denny [Fri, 22 May 2009 05:39:07 +0000 (01:39 -0400)]
Update some comments to make sense for -D.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_check_user_names): In header comments, say
"user occurrence" instead of "grammar occurrence".
* src/muscle-tab.h (muscle_percent_define_insert): Likewise.
(muscle_percent_code_grow): Likewise just for consistency.
(cherry picked from commit 246c4efafed178058a22b96d7a046340f6119057)
Joel E. Denny [Tue, 19 May 2009 21:51:05 +0000 (17:51 -0400)]
Handle a trailing `:' in a user-supplied C++ namespace better.
* data/c++.m4 (b4_namespace_close): Don't let it be printed
among the closing braces here. This fix might make the
generated code easier to debug, but otherwise it should be
insignificant because a trailing `:' is a C++ error already.
(cherry picked from commit 8c221795affd367ac106161610d42fc94633e3fd)
Akim Demaille [Thu, 7 May 2009 07:13:08 +0000 (09:13 +0200)]
doc: token.prefix
* doc/bison.simple (Decl Summary): Document token.prefix.
(Calc++ Parser): Various fixes.
Formatting changes.
Use token.prefix.
Introduce a macro TOKEN to shorten the code and make it more
readable.
(Calc++ Scanner): Adjust.
* NEWS (Variable token.prefix): New.
Joel E. Denny [Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:04:33 +0000 (01:04 -0400)]
Convert underscores to dashes in some %define variable names.
For now, just api.push-pull and lr.keep-unreachable-states.
Maintain old names for backward compatibility.
* NEWS (2.5): Document.
* data/c.m4 (b4_identification): Update comment.
* data/yacc.c: Update access.
* doc/bison.texinfo: Update.
* etc/bench.pl.in (bench_push_parser): Update use.
* src/files.c (tr): Move to...
* src/getargs.c, src/getargs.h (tr): ... here because I can't
think of a better place to expose it. My logic is that, for all
uses of tr so far, command-line arguments can be involved, and
getargs.h is already included.
* src/main.c (main): Update access.
* src/muscle_tab.c (muscle_percent_define_insert): Convert old
variable names to new variable names before assigning value.
* src/reader.c (reader): Update setting default.
* tests/calc.at: Update uses.
* tests/conflicts.at (Unreachable States After Conflict
Resolution): Update use.
* tests/input.at (%define enum variables): Update use.
(%define backward compatibility): New test group.
* tests/push.at: Update uses.
* tests/reduce.at: Update uses.
* tests/torture.at: Update uses.
(cherry picked from commit 812775a0391e122eff1983afea2da96c600c7307)
Joel E. Denny [Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:12:01 +0000 (05:12 -0400)]
Document %define lr.type and lr.default_rules.
* NEWS (2.5): Add an entry.
* src/getargs.c (usage): Mention IELR(1) and canonical LR(1)
besides just LALR(1) and GLR(1).
* doc/bison.texinfo (Introduction): Likewise.
(Language and Grammar): Bison is no longer limited to LALR(1)
restrictions.
(GLR parsing): Say deterministic or LR(1) rather than LALR(1)
when trying to distinguish from GLR. Talk about LR(1) grammars
rather than LALR(1) grammars.
(Decl Summary): In %define api.push_pull entry, say it applies
to deterministic parsers in C rather than LALR(1) parsers in C.
Add lr.default_rules entry.
Add lr.type entry.
(Mystery Conflicts): Bison is no longer limited to LALR(1)
restrictions.
(Generalized LR Parsing): Same changes as for the previous GLR
section.
(Memory Management): Say deterministic rather than LALR(1).
(Understanding): Correct some bison output.
Index discussion of "accepting state".
Say deterministic rather than LALR(1).
(Bison Options): In --yacc entry, say deterministic rather than
LALR(1).
In --report, --graph, and --xml entries, just don't mention
LALR(1).
(C++ Parsers): Say deterministic rather than LALR(1).
(Table of Symbols): Likewise in YYSTACK_USE_ALLOCA entry.
(Glossary): Add Accepting State, Consistent State, Default Rule,
and IELR(1) definitions.
In Generalized LR (GLR) definition, make same changes as in
previous GLR sections.
In LALR(1) definition, say Bison uses LALR(1) by default rather
than implying Bison is limited to LALR(1).
(LocalWords): Add IELR.
(cherry picked from commit 34a6c2d19b85d4650b2d90f60b76d44071d167d1)
Joel E. Denny [Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:40:16 +0000 (03:40 -0400)]
Finish implementing %define lr.type.
Its value can be "LALR", "IELR", or "canonical LR".
* lib/timevar.def (TV_IELR_PHASE1): New var.
(TV_IELR_PHASE2): New var.
(TV_IELR_PHASE3): New var.
(TV_IELR_PHASE4): New var.
* src/local.mk (src_bison_SOURCES): Add AnnotationList.c,
AnnotationList.h, InadequacyList.c, InadequacyList.h, Sbitset.c,
Sbitset.h, ielr.c, and ielr.h.
* src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (enum trace, trace_args,
trace_types): Add trace_ielr.
* src/lalr.h, src/lalr.c (ngotos): Export it.
(F): Rename to...
(goto_follows): ... this, update all uses, and export it.
(set_goto_map): Export it.
(map_goto): Export it.
(compute_lookahead_tokens): Don't free goto_follows yet. Now
handled in ielr.
(initialize_LA): Export it. Move lookback allocation to...
(lalr): ... here because, for canonical LR, initialize_LA must
be invoked but lookback and much of the rest of LALR isn't
needed.
* main.c (main): Instead of lalr, invoke ielr, which invokes
lalr.
* src/reader.c (reader): Default lr.type to "LALR".
Default lr.default_rules to "accepting" if lr.type is "canonical
LR". Leave the default as "all" otherwise.
Check for a valid lr.type value.
* src/state.h, src/state.c (struct state_list): Add state_list
member.
(state_new): Initialize state_list member to NULL.
(state_new_isocore): New function, exported.
* tests/existing.at (AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR): New macro that
exercises all values of lr.type.
(GNU AWK Grammar): Rename test group to...
(GNU AWK 3.1.0 Grammar): ... this, and extend to use
AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR.
(GNU Cim Grammar): Extend to use AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR.
(GNU pic Grammar): Rename test group to...
(GNU pic (Groff 1.18.1) Grammar): ... this, and extend to use
AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR.
* tests/reduce.at (AT_TEST_LR_TYPE): New macro that exercises
all values of lr.type.
(Single State Split): New test groups using AT_TEST_LR_TYPE.
(Lane Split): Likewise.
(Complex Lane Split): Likewise.
(Split During Added Lookahead Propagation): Likewise.
Joel E. Denny [Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:55:50 +0000 (00:55 -0400)]
Implement %define lr.default_rules.
Its value describes the states that are permitted to contain
default rules: "all", "consistent", or "accepting".
* src/reader.c (reader): Default lr.default_rules to "all".
Check for a valid lr.default_rules value.
* src/lalr.c (state_lookahead_tokens_count): If lr.default_rules
is "accepting", then only mark the accepting state as
consistent.
(initialize_LA): Tell state_lookahead_tokens_count whether
lr.default_rules is "accepting".
* src/tables.c (action_row): If lr.default_rules is not "all",
then disable default rules in inconsistent states.
* src/print.c (print_reductions): Use this opportunity to
perform some assertions about whether lr.default_rules was
obeyed correctly.
* tests/local.at (AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE): New macro that
helps with checking the parser tables for a grammar.
* tests/input.at (%define lr.default_rules invalid values): New
test group.
* tests/reduce.at (AT_TEST_LR_DEFAULT_RULES): New macro using
AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE.
(`no %define lr.default_rules'): New test group generated by
AT_TEST_LR_DEFAULT_RULES.
(`%define lr.default_rules "all"'): Likewise.
(`%define lr.default_rules "consistent"'): Likewise.
(`%define lr.default_rules "accepting"'): Likewise.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_percent_define_if_define_): Also map dashes to
underscores.
* src/scan-gram.l ({id}): Also accept dashes after the initial
letter.
({directive}): Use {id}.
* src/parse-gram.y: Comment and formatting changes.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Symbols): Adjust the lexical definitions of
symbols.
* src/complain.h, src/complain.c (yacc_at): New.
* src/symtab.c (symbol_new): Use yacc_at to report inappropriate
symbol names.
* src/output.c (token_definitions_output): Do not #define token
names with dashes.
* src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (locations_flag): Remove.
* src/getargs.c, src/scan-code.l: Use muscle_percent_define_ensure
to set "locations" to true.
* src/output.c (prepare): Don't output "locations".
* src/scan-gram.l (%locations): Handle it as a %<flag>.
* src/parse-gram.y: It's no longer a token.
Don't handle it.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_locations_if): Define it with
b4_percent_define_if_define.
* data/c.m4, data/glr.cc: Adjust.
Joel E. Denny [Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:16:39 +0000 (02:16 -0400)]
Fix options documentation.
* build-aux/cross-options.pl: As in --help output, write optional
arguments as [=ARG] not =[ARG].
* doc/bison.texinfo (Bison Options): Add -W/--warnings argument.
Joel E. Denny [Sun, 5 Apr 2009 00:58:46 +0000 (20:58 -0400)]
Replace BISON_PROG_GNU_M4 with Autoconf's AC_PROG_GNU_M4.
If the first m4 in $PATH is wrong, it keeps looking. Moreover, its
requirements for a correct m4 are stricter.
* m4/m4.m4: Make it a symbolic link to submodules/autoconf/m4/m4.m4.
* configure.ac: Update to use AC_PROG_GNU_M4.
Reported by Eric Blake.
* src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_DEBUG, PERCENT_ERROR_VERBOSE): Token
definitions and associated rules, replaced by....
(PERCENT_FLAG): this new token type, and rule.
* src/scan-gram.l (RETURN_PERCENT_FLAG): New.
Use it for %debug and %error-verbose.
This allows to pass -Derror_verbose on the command line. Better yet, it
allows to pass -Derror_verbose=$(ERROR_VERBOSE), with ERROR_VERBOSE being
defined as false or true.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_percent_define_if_define): Instead of relying
on b4_percent_define_ifdef, for does not check the defined value,
but only whether the symbol is defined, rely on
b4_percent_define_flag_if, so that a value of "false" is processed
as a false.
If not defined, define the flag to "false".
(b4_error_verbose_if): New.
* data/glr.c, data/lalr1.cc, data/yacc.c: Use it instead of
b4_error_verbose_flag.
* src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (error_verbose_flag): Remove.
* src/output.c (prepare): Don't output it.
* src/parse-gram.y (%error-verbose): Treat as %define error_verbose.
Joel E. Denny [Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:13:36 +0000 (03:13 -0400)]
Fix strange %define locations for default values.
Reported by Akim Demaille at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2007-12/msg00001.html>
and discussed again starting at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2008-11/msg00102.html>.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_percent_define_default): Leave syncline blank
because location information is bogus.
Use angle brackets to delimit fake file name because square brackets
look like over-quoted m4. Choose a better fake file name.
Use negative line numbers.
* src/muscle_tab.c (muscle_percent_define_default): Likewise.
* src/location.c (location_print): If line for a boundary is negative,
only print that boundary's file name.
* src/location.h: Document that.
* tests/skeletons.at (%define Boolean variables: invalid skeleton
defaults): Update output.
Joel E. Denny [Fri, 3 Apr 2009 04:32:27 +0000 (00:32 -0400)]
Pacify ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings.
* Makefile.am (AM_CFLAGS): Remove $(WERROR_CFLAGS) because many files
in lib won't compile with it.
* src/local.mk (src_bison_CFLAGS): Use $(WERROR_CFLAGS) here only.