From c8c9212bbd3212a1e3eb207799cadbd7fc564e5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Tolmer <valentin.tolmer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:44:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] news: new syntax (%gprec and %precr)

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 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** New syntax: partial-order precedence relationships
+
+  Formerly, the precedence order of tokens was linear, depending only on the
+  order in which they were declared.  With the new syntax, all the tokens are
+  not necessarily comparable.  It is possible to declare a group of tokens with
+  no links outside of the group, and to later on add only those needed.
+  The uncomparability of tokens would allow for more feedback on new conflicts
+  silently resolved via precedence.
+
+  An example of the new syntax applied to arithmetic and boolean operators,
+  with '^' serving as both numerical power and boolean XOR:
+
+  %gprec arith {
+    %left '+' '-'
+    %left '*' '/'
+  }
+  %gprec bool {
+    %left OR
+    %left AND
+  }
+  %gprec { %right '^' }
+
+  %precr '^' > arith
+  %precr OR AND > '^'
+
+  Here, AND is not comparable with '+', but '^' > '+' and AND > '^'
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.0 (2013-07-25) [stable]