Mention that GNU M4 is now required. Clarify what is meant by "larger

grammars".  Mention the pt_BR translation.
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Bison News
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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
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bar: '0' {} '0';
This is fixed.
* GNU M4 is now required when using Bison.
Changes in version 1.35, 2002-03-25: