%define: accept unquoted values.

* NEWS (2.5): Group all %define changes together, and document
this one.  Remove quotes in IELR and canonical LR entry.
* doc/bison.texinfo: Remove quotes in most examples throughout.
(Decl Summary): Update %define documentation.
(Table of Symbols): Likewise.
* src/ielr.c (LrType): Update documentation.
* src/parse-gram.y (content.opt): Add production for ID.
* tests/actions.at: Remove quotes in most tests.
* tests/calc.at: Likewise.
* tests/existing.at: Likewise.
* tests/input.at: Likewise.
* tests/local.at: Likewise.
* tests/push.at: Likewise.
* tests/reduce.at: Likewise.
* tests/torture.at: Likewise.
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Joel E. Denny
2009-08-28 03:46:37 -04:00
parent 6ba9640406
commit cf499cff31
15 changed files with 263 additions and 216 deletions

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@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Bison News
default. You can specify the type of parser tables in the grammar
file with these directives:
%define lr.type "lalr"
%define lr.type "ielr"
%define lr.type "canonical-lr"
%define lr.type lalr
%define lr.type ielr
%define lr.type canonical-lr
The default reduction optimization in the parser tables can also be
adjusted using `%define lr.default-reductions'. See the documentation
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ Bison News
These features are experimental. More user feedback will help to
stabilize them.
** Multiple %define's for any variable is now an error not a warning.
** %define improvements.
** %define can now be invoked via the command line.
*** Multiple invocations for any variable is now an error not a warning.
*** Can now be invoked via the command line.
Each of these command-line options
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ Bison News
quietly override %define, but -D and --define do not. For further
details, see the section "Bison Options" in the Bison manual.
** %define variables renamed.
*** Variables renamed.
The following %define variables
@@ -104,7 +106,18 @@ Bison News
The old names are now deprecated but will be maintained indefinitely
for backward compatibility.
** Symbols names
*** Values no longer need to be quoted in grammar file.
If a %define value is an identifier, it no longer needs to be placed
within quotations marks. For example,
%define api.push-pull "push"
can be rewritten as
%define api.push-pull push
** Symbol names.
Consistently with directives (such as %error-verbose) and variables
(e.g. push-pull), symbol names may include dashes in any position,