Allow specification of semantic predicates.

These changes allow users to prefix an action with %? to indicate that it
is a semantic predicate---an expression that is evaluated immediately (not
deferred, even in GLR nondeterministic mode) and causes a syntax error if
false.  In GLR parsers, this has the effect of killing one of a set of
split-off parses, just as would an ordinary syntax error.

Changelog:

    * NEWS: Describe new semantic-predicate feature.
    * data/c.m4 (b4_predicate_case): New definition.
    * data/java.m4 (b4_predicate_case): New definition.
    * data/glr.c (yyimmediate): Add definition.
    (yydoAction): Remove comment, now obsolete.
    Do YY_REDUCE_PRINT here.
    (yyglrReduce): Alter comment to indicate that semantic values
    need not be deferred.
    Remove YY_REDUCE_PRINT from here; done in yydoAction.
    (yyprocessOneStack): Pass immediate flag.
    Delete stacks rejected by predicates in newly split-off parsers.
    Change handling of yyerr so that only current stack gets deleted
    when semantic predicate fails.
    (yyfillin): Don't crash if a semantic value is unresolved (as may
    happen in predicate rules).
    Copy lr state as well in debugging mode.
    Update comment on setting of yysval to include yyloc as well.
    (yy_reduce_print): Add yynormal argument.  Perform fillin properly.
    Report unresolved RHS values.
    (yyimmediate): New table.
    * src/gram.h (struct rule): Add is_predicate field.
    * src/output.c (user_actions_output): Use b4_predicate_case for
    predicates.
    (prepare_symbols): Output yyimmediate.
    * src/scan-gram.l: Add %? token, SC_PREDICATE state.
    * src/scan-code.l (code_props_rule_action_init): Add is_predicate
    argument.
    * src/scan-code.h (struct code_props): Add is_predicate field.
    (code_props_rule_action_init): New interface.
    * src/parse-gram.y (%?{...}): New token.
    (rhs): Add %?{...} rule.
    * src/parse-gram.c: Regenerate.
    * src/parse-gram.h: Regenerate.
    * src/reader.c (grammar_current_rule_action_append): Add
    immediate argument.
    (grammar_midrule_action): Use new interface for
    code_props_rule_action_init.
    (grammar_current_rule_action_append): Ditto.
    (packgram): Transfer is_predicate value.
    * src/reader.h (grammar_current_rule_action_append): New interface.
    * doc/bison.texinfo: Document semantic predicates (%?).

    * data/glr.c (yylhsNonterm, yyisDefaultedState,yyDefaultAction)
    (yygetLRActions,yynewGLRStackItem,yyaddDeferredAction,yyinitStateSet)
    (yyinitGLRStack,yyexpandGLRStack,yyupdateSplit,yymarkStackDeleted)
    (yyundeleteLastStack,yyglrShift,yyglrShiftDefer,yydoAction,yyglrReduce)
    (yyidenticalOptions,yymergeOptionSets,yyresolveStates,yyresolveAction)
    (yyresolveLocations,yyresolveValue,yyreducePrint): Update parameter
    names in comments and mention all parameters.
    (struct yyGLRState): Fix description of yyposn field.
    (yyresolveLocations): Correct comment so as not to imply action when
    yyn1==0.
This commit is contained in:
Paul Hilfinger
2010-07-22 19:08:10 -07:00
parent 804e83b26d
commit ca2a6d1587
16 changed files with 919 additions and 646 deletions

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NEWS
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@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ Bison News
use of the %error-verbose directive is deprecated in favor of
%define parse.error "verbose".
** Semantic predicates
The new, experimental, semantic-predicate feature allows actions of
the form %?{ BOOLEAN-EXPRESSION }, which cause syntax errors (as for
YYERROR) if the expression evaluates to 0, and are evaluated immediately
in GLR parsers, rather than being deferred. The result is that they
allow the programmer to prune possible parses based on the values of
runtime expressions.
* Changes in version 2.5 (????-??-??):
** Named References Support