String literals, which allow for better error messages, are (too)
liberally accepted by Bison, which might result in silent errors. For
instance
%type <exVal> cond "condition"
does not define “condition” as a string alias to 'cond' (nonterminal
symbols do not have string aliases). It is rather equivalent to
%nterm <exVal> cond
%token <exVal> "condition"
i.e., it gives the type 'exVal' to the "condition" token, which was
clearly not the intention.
Introduce -Wdangling-alias to catch this.
* src/complain.h, src/complain.c: Add support for -Wdangling-alias.
(argmatch_warning_args): Sort.
* src/symtab.c (symbol_check_defined): Complain about dangling
aliases.
* doc/bison.texi: Document it.
* tests/input.at (Dangling aliases): New test.
As an extension to POSIX Yacc, Bison's %type accepts tokens.
Unfortunately with string literals as implicit tokens, this is
misleading, and led some users to write
%type <exVal> cond "condition"
believing that "condition" would be associated to the 'cond'
nonterminal (see https://github.com/apache/httpd/pull/72).
* doc/bison.texi: Promote %nterm rather than %type to declare the type
of nonterminals.
We still have a few old C casts in lalr1.cc, let's get rid of them.
Reported by Frank Heckenbach.
Actually, let's monitor all our casts using easy to grep macros.
Let's use these macros to use the C++ standard casts when we are in
C++.
* data/skeletons/c.m4 (b4_cast_define): New.
* data/skeletons/glr.c, data/skeletons/glr.cc,
* data/skeletons/lalr1.cc, data/skeletons/stack.hh,
* data/skeletons/yacc.c:
Use it and/or its casts.
* tests/actions.at, tests/cxx-type.at,
* tests/glr-regression.at, tests/headers.at, tests/torture.at,
* tests/types.at:
Use YY_CAST instead of C casts.
* configure.ac (warn_cxx): Add -Wold-style-cast.
* doc/bison.texi: Disable it.
This changes the Yacc skeleton to use “least” integer types to
keep tables smaller on some platforms, which should lessen cache
pressure. Since Bison uses the Yacc skeleton, it follows suit.
* data/skeletons/yacc.c: Include limits.h and stdint.h if this
seems to be needed.
(yytype_uint8, yytype_int8, yytype_uint16, yytype_int16):
If available, use GCC predefined macros __INT_MAX__ etc. to select
a “least” type, as this avoids namespace hassles. Otherwise, if
available fall back on selecting a “least” type via the C99 macros
INT_MAX, INT_LEAST8_MAX, etc. Otherwise, fall further back on one of
the builtin C99 types signed char, short, and int. Make sure that
any selected type promotes to int. Ignore any macros YYTYPE_INT16,
YYTYPE_INT8, YYTYPE_UINT16, YYTYPE_UINT8 defined by the user.
(ptrdiff_t, PTRDIFF_MAX): Simplify in the light of the above.
(yytype_uint8, yytype_uint16): Do not assume that unsigned char
and unsigned short promote to int, as this isn’t true on some
platforms (e.g., TI TMS320C55x).
* src/parse-gram.y (YYTYPE_INT16, YYTYPE_INT8, YYTYPE_UINT16)
(YYTYPE_UINT8): Remove, as these are no longer effective.
* doc/bison.texi (Mfcalc Symbol Table, Mfcalc Lexer):
Don’t abort on memory allocation failure or integer overflow.
Instead, comment that these things aren’t checked for.
This patch contains more fixes to prefer signed to unsigned
integer types, as modern tools like 'gcc -fsanitize=undefined'
can check for signed integer overflow but not unsigned overflow.
* NEWS: Document the API change.
* boostrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add intprops.
* data/skeletons/glr.c: Include stddef.h and stdint.h,
since this skeleton can assume C99 or later.
(YYSIZEMAX): Now signed, and the minimum of SIZE_MAX and PTRDIFF_MAX.
(yybool) [!__cplusplus]: Now signed (which is how bool behaves).
(YYTRANSLATE): Avoid use of unsigned, and make the macro
safe even for values greater than UINT_MAX.
(yytnamerr, struct yyGLRState, struct yyGLRStateSet, struct yyGLRStack)
(yyaddDeferredAction, yyinitStateSet, yyinitGLRStack)
(yyexpandGLRStack, yymarkStackDeleted, yyremoveDeletes)
(yyglrShift, yyglrShiftDefer, yy_reduce_print, yydoAction)
(yyglrReduce, yysplitStack, yyreportTree, yycompressStack)
(yyprocessOneStack, yyreportSyntaxError, yyrecoverSyntaxError)
(yyparse, yy_yypstack, yypstack, yypdumpstack):
* tests/input.at (Torturing the Scanner):
Prefer ptrdiff_t to size_t.
* data/skeletons/c++.m4 (b4_yytranslate_define):
* src/AnnotationList.c (AnnotationList__computePredecessorAnnotations):
* src/AnnotationList.h (AnnotationIndex):
* src/InadequacyList.h (InadequacyListNodeCount):
* src/closure.c (closure_new):
* src/complain.c (error_message, complains, complain_indent)
(complain_args, duplicate_directive, duplicate_rule_directive):
* src/gram.c (nritems, ritem_print, grammar_dump):
* src/ielr.c (ielr_compute_ritem_sees_lookahead_set)
(ielr_item_has_lookahead, ielr_compute_annotation_lists)
(ielr_compute_lookaheads):
* src/location.c (columns, boundary_print, location_print):
* src/muscle-tab.c (muscle_percent_define_insert)
(muscle_percent_define_check_values):
* src/output.c (prepare_rules, prepare_actions):
* src/parse-gram.y (id, handle_require):
* src/reader.c (record_merge_function_type, packgram):
* src/reduce.c (nuseless_productions, nuseless_nonterminals)
(inaccessable_symbols):
* src/relation.c (relation_print):
* src/scan-code.l (variant, variant_table_size, variant_count)
(variant_add, get_at_spec, show_sub_message, show_sub_messages)
(parse_ref):
* src/scan-gram.l (<SC_ESCAPED_STRING,SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER>)
(scan_integer, convert_ucn_to_byte, handle_syncline):
* src/scan-skel.l (at_complain):
* src/symtab.c (complain_symbol_redeclared)
(complain_semantic_type_redeclared, complain_class_redeclared)
(symbol_class_set, complain_user_token_number_redeclared):
* src/tables.c (conflict_tos, conflrow, conflict_table)
(conflict_list, save_row, pack_vector):
* tests/local.at (AT_YYLEX_DEFINE(c)):
Prefer signed to unsigned integer.
* data/skeletons/lalr1.cc (yy_lac_check_):
* tests/actions.at (_AT_CHECK_PRINTER_AND_DESTRUCTOR):
* tests/local.at (AT_YYLEX_DEFINE(c)):
Omit now-unnecessary casts.
* data/skeletons/location.cc (b4_location_define):
* doc/bison.texi (Mfcalc Lexer, C++ position, C++ location):
Prefer int to unsigned for line and column numbers.
Change example to abort explicitly on memory exhaustion,
and fix an off-by-one bug that led to undefined behavior.
* data/skeletons/stack.hh (stack::operator[]):
Also allow ptrdiff_t indexes.
(stack::pop, slice::slice, slice::operator[]):
Index arg is now ptrdiff_t, not int.
(stack::ssize): New method.
(slice::range_): Now ptrdiff_t, not int.
* data/skeletons/yacc.c (b4_state_num_type): Remove.
All uses replaced by b4_int_type.
(YY_CONVERT_INT_BEGIN, YY_CONVERT_INT_END): New macros.
(yylac, yyparse): Use them around conversions that -Wconversion
would give false alarms about. Omit unnecessary casts.
(yy_stack_print): Use int rather than unsigned, and omit
a cast that doesn’t seem to be needed here any more.
* examples/c++/variant.yy (yylex):
* examples/c++/variant-11.yy (yylex):
Omit no-longer-needed conversions to unsigned.
* src/InadequacyList.c (InadequacyList__new_conflict):
Don’t assume *node_count is unsigned.
* src/output.c (muscle_insert_unsigned_table):
Remove; no longer used.
Implement lookahead correction (LAC) for the C++ skeleton. LAC is a
mechanism to make sure that we report the correct list of expected
tokens if a syntax error occurs. So far, LAC was only supported for
the C skeleton "yacc.c".
* data/skeletons/lalr1.cc: Add LAC support.
* doc/bison.texi: Update.
The doc says that -Dfoo=bar is the same as %define foo "bar". It is
not: the quotes are not added (and it makes a difference).
* doc/bison.texi (Tuning the Parser): Fix the definition of -D/-F
* src/getargs.c (usage): Likewise.
Let's clarify --help: use clearer "section" names, as in the doc.
Move --yacc to where it belongs.
* src/getargs.c (usage): Rename "Parser" as "Tuning the Parser", as in
the doc.
Rename "Output" as "Output Files"
Move --yacc to "Tuning the Parser".
* doc/bison.texi: Likewise.
Sadly enough, AFAIK, there were never answers to the "More user
feedback will help to stabilize it" sentences. Remove them.
* src/getargs.c: IELR, canonical LR and XML output are here to stay,
and they are no more experimental than some other features.
* doc/bison.texi: Likewise.
Also remove "experimental" warning for Java, LAC, LR tuning options,
and named references.
Reported by Balázs Scheidler.
* data/skeletons/c.m4 (b4_location_type_define): Use api.location.type
if defined.
* doc/bison.texi: Document it.
* tests/local.at (AT_C_IF, AT_LANG_CASE): New.
Support Span in C.
* tests/calc.at (Span): Convert it to be usable in C and C++.
Check api.location.type with yacc.c and glr.c.
Reported by Hans Åberg.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bison/2019-02/msg00064.html
* src/files.c (spec_graph_file): Use `*.gv` when 3.4 or better,
otherwise `*.dot`.
* src/parse-gram.y (handle_require): Pretend we are already 3.4.
* doc/bison.texi: Adjust.
* tests/local.at, tests/output.at: Exercise this.
Currently, we have errors:
./doc/bison.texi:13005: node `History' lacks menu item for `Yacc' despite being its Up target
* doc/bison.texi (History): Add the local menu.
While at it, add a few index entries.
I don't think this style:
/* If buffer is full, make it bigger. */
if (i == length)
{
length *= 2;
symbuf = (char *) realloc (symbuf, length + 1);
}
/* Add this character to the buffer. */
symbuf[i++] = c;
/* Get another character. */
c = getchar ();
or more readable than
/* If buffer is full, make it bigger. */
if (i == length)
{
length *= 2;
symbuf = (char *) realloc (symbuf, length + 1);
}
/* Add this character to the buffer. */
symbuf[i++] = c;
/* Get another character. */
c = getchar ();
Actually, I think the latter is more readable, and helps with width
issues in the PDF. As a matter of fact, I would happily move to //
only for single line comments.
* doc/bison.texi: A single space before closing comments.
* doc/bison.texi: Prefer 'fun' to 'fnct'.
Reduce local variable scopes.
Prefer strdup to malloc + strcpy.
Avoid gratuitous casts.
Use simpler names (e.g., 'name' instead of 'fname').
Avoid uses of 0 for NULL.
Avoid using NULL when possible (e.g., 'p' instead of 'p != NULL').
Prefer union names to casts (e.g. 'yylval.VAR = s' instead of
'*((symrec**) &yylval) = s').
Give arguments a name in fun declarations.
Use our typedefs instead of duplicating them (func_t).
Stop promoting an explicit $$ = $1;, it should be implicit (Bison
might be able to eliminate useless chain rules).
Help a bit Texinfo by making smaller groups.
Rely on the C compiler to call function pointers (prefer
'$1->value.fun ($3)' to (*($1->value.fnctptr))($3)').
When debugging Bison itself, this is very handy, especially when
tweaking the frontend badly enough to break the backends. It can also
be used to check a grammar.
* src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (feature_syntax_only): New.
(feature_args, feature_types): Adjust.
* src/main.c (main): Use it.
It is inconvenient that we also generate the output files when we
update the grammar file, and it's somewhat unexpected. Let's not do
that.
* src/main.c (main): Skip generation when --update is passed.
* src/getargs.c (usage): Update the help message.
* doc/bison.texi (Bison Options): Likewise.
* tests/input.at: Check that we don't generate the output.
* doc/bison.texi: Use @kbd where appropriate.
Update ^~~~ marks for caret-errors.
* build-aux/cross-options.pl: Do not add quotes to %define's argument.
Reported by Derek Clegg.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2019-01/msg00004.html
* configure.ac (warn_common): Add -Wimplicit-fallthrough.
This does trigger failures in the test suite.
* data/skeletons/glr.c, data/skeletons/lalr1.cc,
* data/skeletons/yacc.c, tests/c++.at:
Make fall-throws explicit.
