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doc: clarify what a location is
Reported by Arthur Schwarz <aschwarz1309@att.net> https://lists.gnu.org/r/help-bison/2013-12/msg00009.html * doc/bison.texi (Location Type): here.
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@@ -4505,12 +4505,17 @@ typedef struct YYLTYPE
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@} YYLTYPE;
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@end example
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While default locations represent a range in the source file(s), this is not
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a requirement. It could be a single point or just a line number, or even
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more complex structures.
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When @code{YYLTYPE} is not defined, at the beginning of the parsing, Bison
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initializes all these fields to 1 for @code{yylloc}. To initialize
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@code{yylloc} with a custom location type (or to chose a different
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initialization), use the @code{%initial-action} directive. @xref{Initial
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Action Decl}.
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@node Actions and Locations
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@subsection Actions and Locations
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@cindex location actions
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@@ -14735,8 +14740,8 @@ In semantic actions, it stores the location of the lookahead token.
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@end deffn
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@deffn {Type} YYLTYPE
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Data type of @code{yylloc}; by default, a structure with four members.
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@xref{Location Type}.
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Data type of @code{yylloc}. By default in C, a structure with four members
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(start/end line/column). @xref{Location Type}.
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@end deffn
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@deffn {Variable} yylval
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