Fix documentation problems reported by Tim Josling at

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2008-01/msg00013.html>.
* NEWS (2.3a+): Mention removal of --no-parser, -n, and %no-parser.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Token Decl): Token numbers are *nonnegative*
integers.  Explain the effect of literal string aliases on error
messages.  Copy token 0 documentation from the C++ skeleton
documentation.
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2008-02-16 Joel E. Denny <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
Fix documentation problems reported by Tim Josling at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2008-01/msg00013.html>.
* NEWS (2.3a+): Mention removal of --no-parser, -n, and %no-parser.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Token Decl): Token numbers are *nonnegative*
integers. Explain the effect of literal string aliases on error
messages. Copy token 0 documentation from the C++ skeleton
documentation.
2008-02-16 Joel E. Denny <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
Accept a token number in a %left, %right, or %nonassoc for POSIX

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NEWS
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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??):
for further discussion.
* Lookahead Set Correction in the `.output' Report
When instructed to generate a `.output' file including lookahead sets
(using `--report=lookahead', for example), Bison now prints each reduction's
lookahead set only next to the associated state's one item that (1) is
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??):
by POSIX. However, see the end of section `Operator Precedence' in the Bison
manual for a caveat concerning the treatment of literal strings.
* The nonfunctional --no-parser, -n, and %no-parser options have been
completely removed from Bison.
Changes in version 2.3a, 2006-09-13:
* Instead of %union, you can define and use your own union type

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@@ -4023,7 +4023,7 @@ associativity and precedence. @xref{Precedence Decl, ,Operator
Precedence}.
You can explicitly specify the numeric code for a token type by appending
a decimal or hexadecimal integer value in the field immediately
a nonnegative decimal or hexadecimal integer value in the field immediately
following the token name:
@example
@@ -4076,6 +4076,16 @@ Once you equate the literal string and the token name, you can use them
interchangeably in further declarations or the grammar rules. The
@code{yylex} function can use the token name or the literal string to
obtain the token type code number (@pxref{Calling Convention}).
Syntax error messages passed to @code{yyerror} from the parser will reference
the literal string instead of the token name.
The token numbered as 0 corresponds to end of file; the following line
allows for nicer error messages referring to ``end of file'' instead
of ``$end'':
@example
%token END 0 "end of file"
@end example
@node Precedence Decl
@subsection Operator Precedence