Discussed starting at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-09/msg00060.html>.
* NEWS (2.3a+): Mention.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Freeing Discarded Symbols): Document this and the
previous change today related to mid-rules.
(Bison Symbols): Remove %symbol-default and add <*> and <!>.
* src/parser-gram.y (PERCENT_SYMBOL_DEFAULT): Remove.
(TYPE_TAG_ANY): Add as <*>.
(TYPE_TAG_NONE): Add as <!>.
(generic_symlist_item): Remove RHS for %symbol-default and add RHS's
for <*> and <!>.
* src/scan-gram.l (PERCENT_SYMBOL_DEFAULT): Remove.
(TYPE_TAG_ANY, TYPE_TAG_NONE): Add.
* src/symlist.c (symbol_list_default_new): Split into tagged and
tagless versions.
(symbol_list_destructor_set, symbol_list_printer_set): Split
SYMLIST_DEFAULT case into SYMLIST_DEFAULT_TAGGED and
SYMLIST_DEFAULT_TAGLESS.
* src/symlist.h: Update symbol_list_default*_new prototypes.
(symbol_list.content_type): Split enum value SYMLIST_DEFAULT into
SYMLIST_DEFAULT_TAGGED and SYMLIST_DEFAULT_TAGLESS.
* src/symtab.c (default_destructor, default_destructor_location,
default_printer, default_printer_location): Split each into tagged and
tagless versions.
(symbol_destructor_get, symbol_destructor_location_get,
symbol_printer_get, symbol_printer_location_get): Implement tagged
default and tagless default cases.
(default_destructor_set, default_printer_set): Split each into tagged
and tagless versions.
* src/symtab.h: Update prototypes.
* tests/actions.at (Default %printer and %destructor): Rename to...
(Default tagless %printer and %destructor): ... this, and extend.
(Per-type %printer and %destructor): Rename to...
(Default tagged and per-type %printer and %destructor): ... this, and
extend.
(Default %printer and %destructor for user-defined end token): Extend.
(Default %printer and %destructor are not for error or $undefined):
Update.
(Default %printer and %destructor are not for $accept): Update.
(Default %printer and %destructor for mid-rule values): Extend.
* tests/input.at (Default %printer and %destructor redeclared): Extend.
(Unused values with default %destructor): Extend.
alternative to the pre-prologue. Mentioned at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-10/msg00063.html>.
Also, let the prologue alternatives appear in the grammar section.
* src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_CODE_TOP): New token.
(prologue_declaration): Move the existing prologue alternatives to...
(grammar_declaration): ... here and add %code-top.
* src/scan-gram.l (PERCENT_CODE_TOP): New token.
Clean up and extend documentation for the prologue alternatives.
* NEWS (2.3a+): Describe prologue alternatives.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Prologue): Move discussion of prologue
alternatives to...
(Prologue Alternatives): ... this new section, and extend it to discuss
all 4 directives in detail.
(Bison Symbols): Clean up discussion of prologue alternatives and add
%code-top.
%symbol-default instead of an empty symbol list, and start working on
new per-type %destructor/%printer. Discussed at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-09/msg00007.html>.
* NEWS (2.3+): Add %symbol-default to example.
* bison.texinfo (Freeing Discarded Symbols): Likewise.
(Bison Symbols): Add entry for %symbol-default.
* src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_SYMBOL_DEFAULT): New token.
(generic_symlist, generic_symlist_item): New nonterminals for creating
a list in which each item is a symbol, semantic type, or
%symbol-default.
(grammar_declaration): Use generic_symlist in %destructor and %printer
declarations instead of symbols.1 or an empty list.
(symbol_declaration, precedence_declaration, symbols.1): Update actions
for changes to symbol_list.
* src/reader.c: Update for changes to symbol_list.
* src/scan-code.l: Likewise.
* src/scan-gram.l: Scan new PERCENT_SYMBOL_DEFAULT token.
* src/symlist.c, src/symlist.h: Extend such that a list node may
represent a semantic type or a %symbol-default in addition to just an
ordinary symbol. Add switched functions for setting %destructor's and
%printer's.
* tests/actions.at, tests/input.at: Add %symbol-default to all default
%destructor/%printer declarations.
* data/c.m4 (b4_safest_int_type): New macro.
* data/glr.c, data/lalr1.cc: Wherever you compare yycheck[i] against
a signed int type, cast it to b4_safest_int_type first.
* data/yacc.c: Likewise.
(b4_safest_int_type): Overwrite the one from c.m4 since b4_int_type is
also overwritten.
use these for all user-declared grammar symbols for which the user does
not declare a specific %printer/%destructor. Thus, the parser uses it
for token 0 if the user declares it but not if Bison generates it as
$end. Discussed starting at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-02/msg00064.html>,
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-06/msg00091.html>,
and
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-07/msg00019.html>.
* NEWS (2.3+): Mention.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Actions in Mid-Rule): It's no longer impossible to
declare a %destructor for a mid-rule's semantic value. It's just
impossible to declare one specific to it.
(Freeing Discarded Symbols): Mention that @$ can be used in %destructor
code. Describe default %destructor form.
* src/parse-gram.y (grammar_declaration): Parse default
%printer/%destructor declarations.
* src/output.c (symbol_destructors_output): Use symbol_destructor_get
and symbol_destructor_location_get rather than accessing the destructor
and destructor_location members of struct symbol.
(symbol_printers_output): Likewise but for %printer's.
* src/reader.c (symbol_should_be_used): Likewise but for %destructor's
again.
* src/symtab.c (default_destructor, default_destructor_location,
default_printer, default_printer_location): New static global
variables to record the default %destructor and %printer.
(symbol_destructor_get, symbol_destructor_location_get,
symbol_printer_get, symbol_printer_location_get): New functions to
compute the appropriate %destructor and %printer for a symbol.
(default_destructor_set, default_printer_set): New functions to set the
default %destructor and %printer.
* src/symtab.h: Prototype all those new functions.
* tests/actions.at (Default %printer and %destructor): New test to
check that the right %printer and %destructor are called, that they're
not called for $end, and that $$ and @$ work correctly.
(Default %printer and %destructor for user-declared end token): New
test to check that the default %printer and %destructor are called for
a user-declared end token.
* tests/input.at (Default %printer and %destructor redeclared, Unused
values with default %destructor): New tests to check related grammar
warnings and errors.
least 1.4.7 and 1.4.4) by putting a #line between `typedef union
YYSTYPE' and `{'.
* src/muscle_tab.h (muscle_grow): Replace the header comments with
those from muscle_tab.c since the old ones are misleading.
* src/scan-code.h, src/scan-code.l (translate_action)
(translate_rule_action, translate_symbol_action, translate_code):
Return char *, not const char *.
* src/parse-gram.y (declaration): Rename as...
(prologue_declaration): this.
(string_content): Remove this nonterminal, use STRING.
(braceless, content, content.opt): New nonterminal.
Use them.
(%define): Now accept content.opt, i.e., accept also BRACED_CODE
as value.
* src/scan-gram.l (getargs.h): Don't include it.
(b4_syncline): Also output the location of its invocation (from
the skeleton).
(b4_user_action, b4_define_user_action, b4_user_actions)
(b4_user_initial_action, b4_user_post_prologue, b4_user_start_header)
(b4_user_stype): New.
* data/yacc.c, data/glr.c, data/lalr1.cc, data/glr.cc: Use them.
%end-header. Don't use these declarations to separate pre-prologue
blocks from post-prologue blocks. Add new order-independent
declarations %before-header and %after-header as alternatives to the
traditional Yacc pre-prologue and post-prologue blocks. Discussed at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-06/msg00110.html>.
* NEWS (2.3+): Update for these changes.
* data/glr.c (b4_before_definitions): Update to...
(b4_start_header): ... this.
(b4_after_definitions): Update to...
(b4_end_header): ... this.
* data/glr.cc: Likewise.
* data/lalr1.cc: Likewise.
* data/yacc.c: Likewise.
* doc/bison.texinfo (The prologue): Update names, and replace remaining
prologue blocks with %*-header declarations.
(Calc++ Parser): Likewise.
(Bison Declaration Summary): Update names.
(Bison Symbols): Update description.
* src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_AFTER_DEFINITIONS): Update to...
(PERCENT_END_HEADER): ... this.
(PERCENT_BEFORE_DEFINITIONS): Update to...
(PERCENT_START_HEADER): ... this.
(PERCENT_AFTER_HEADER, PERCENT_BEFORE_HEADER): New tokens.
(declaration): Update token names and m4 macro names.
When parsing %end-header and %start-header, invoke translate_code
before muscle_code_grow, and no longer set global booleans to remember
whether these declarations have been seen.
Parse new %after-header and %before-header.
* src/reader.c (before_definitions, after_definitions): Remove.
(prologue_augment): Accept a new bool argument to specify whether to
augment the pre-prologue or post-prologue.
* src/reader.h (before_definitions, after_definitions): Remove these
extern's.
(prologue_augment): Add new bool argument.
* src/scan-gram.l (PERCENT_AFTER_DEFINITIONS): Update to...
(PERCENT_END_HEADER): ... this.
(PERCENT_BEFORE_DEFINITIONS): Update to...
(PERCENT_START_HEADER): ... this.
(PERCENT_AFTER_HEADER, PERCENT_BEFORE_HEADER): New tokens.
* tests/actions.at (Printers and Destructors): Update names.
file and the glr.c header and code files, move the pre-prologue before
the token definitions. Add new %before-definitions and
%after-definitions to declare code that will go in both the header file
and code file. Discussed at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2005-12/msg00000.html>,
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-01/msg00016.html>,
and
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-06/msg00055.html>.
* NEWS (2.3+): Describe these changes.
* data/glr.c (b4_pre_prologue): Move from within to before...
(b4_shared_declarations): ... this.
Add new b4_before_definitions before b4_token_enums.
Add new b4_after_definitions at the end.
* data/glr.cc (b4_pre_prologue): Replace with...
(b4_before_definitions): ... this in the header file.
(b4_after_definitions): New near the end of the header file.
* data/lalr1.cc (b4_pre_prologue): Move from the header file to the
code file right before including the header file.
(b4_before_definitions): New in the previous position of
b4_pre_prologue in the header file.
(b4_after_definitions): New near the end of the header file.
* data/yacc.c: Clean up some m4 quoting especially in the header file.
(b4_token_enums_defines): In the code file, move to right before
YYSTYPE for consistency with the header file.
(b4_before_definitions): New right before b4_token_enums_defines in
both the header and code file.
(b4_after_definitions): New right after YYLTYPE and yylloc in both the
header and code file.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Prologue): Show use of %before-definitions instead
of prologues for %union dependencies.
(Bison Declaration Summary): In %defines description, mention the
effect of %before-definitions and %after-definitions on the header
file.
(Calc++ Parser): Forward declare driver in a %before-definitions rather
than in the pre-prologue so that make check succeeds.
(Bison Symbols): Add entries for %before-definitions and
%after-definitions.
* src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_BEFORE_DEFINITIONS): New token for
%before-definitions.
(PERCENT_AFTER_DEFINITIONS): New token for %after-definitions.
(declaration): Parse those declarations and append to
b4_before_definitions and b4_after_definitions, respectively.
* src/reader.c (before_definitions, after_definitions): New bools to
track whether those declarations have been seen.
(prologue_augment): Add to the post-prologue if %union,
%before-definitions, or %after-definitions has been seen.
* src/reader.h (before_definitions, after_definitions): New extern's.
* src/scan-gram.l: Scan the new declarations.
* tests/actions.at (_AT_CHECK_PRINTER_AND_DESTRUCTOR): Place the second
prologue block in a %before-definitions or a %after-definitions based
on whether the %union is declared.
* tests/regression.at (Early token definitions with --yacc, Early token
definitions without --yacc): Move tests for token definitions into the
post-prologue since token names are no longer defined in the
pre-prologue.
`{'. Rather, return a single "%union" token.
No longer make symbols: return strings, and leave the conversion
to symbols to the parser.
(SC_PRE_CODE, token_type): Remove.
* src/parse-gram.y (%union): New field `character'.
Sort tokens.
(CHAR): New token.
(ID, ID_COLON): Now that the scanner no longer makes them
identifiers, adjust all uses to invoke symbol_get.
(id_colon): New, wraps the conversion from string to symbol.
(%union): Accept a possible union_name.
(symbol): Now can be a char.
* data/c.m4 (b4_union_name): Leave a default value.
* data/glr.c, data/yacc.c: Use it.
As a consequence, the relation between the grammar scanner and
parser is much simpler. We can also split "composite tokens" back
into simple tokens.
* src/gram.h (ITEM_NUMBER_MAX, RULE_NUMBER_MAX): New.
* src/scan-gram.l (add_column_width, adjust_location): Move to and
rename as...
* src/location.h, src/location.c (add_column_width)
(location_compute): these.
Fix the column count: the initial column is 0.
(location_print): Be robust to ending column being 0.
* src/location.h (boundary_set): New.
* src/main.c: Adjust to scanner_free being renamed as
gram_scanner_free.
* src/output.c: Include scan-code.h.
* src/parse-gram.y: Include scan-gram.h and scan-code.h.
Use boundary_set.
(PERCENT_DESTRUCTOR, PERCENT_PRINTER, PERCENT_INITIAL_ACTION)
(PERCENT_LEX_PARAM, PERCENT_PARSE_PARAM): Remove the {...} part,
which is now, again, a separate token.
Adjust all dependencies.
Whereever actions with $ and @ are used, use translate_code.
(action): Remove this nonterminal which is now useless.
* src/reader.c: Include assert.h, scan-gram.h and scan-code.h.
(grammar_current_rule_action_append): Use translate_code.
(packgram): Bound check ruleno, itemno, and rule_length.
* src/reader.h (gram_in, gram__flex_debug, scanner_cursor)
(last_string, last_braced_code_loc, max_left_semantic_context)
(scanner_initialize, scanner_free, scanner_last_string_free)
(gram_out, gram_lineno, YY_DECL_): Move to...
* src/scan-gram.h: this new file.
(YY_DECL): Rename as...
(GRAM_DECL): this.
* src/scan-code.h, src/scan-code.l, src/scan-code-c.c: New.
* src/scan-gram.l (gram_get_lineno, gram_get_in, gram_get_out):
(gram_get_leng, gram_get_text, gram_set_lineno, gram_set_in):
(gram_set_out, gram_get_debug, gram_set_debug, gram_lex_destroy):
Move these declarations, and...
(obstack_for_string, STRING_GROW, STRING_FINISH, STRING_FREE):
these to...
* src/flex-scanner.h: this new file.
* src/scan-gram.l (rule_length, rule_length_overflow)
(increment_rule_length): Remove.
(last_braced_code_loc): Rename as...
(gram_last_braced_code_loc): this.
Adjust to the changes of the parser.
Move all the handling of $ and @ into...
* src/scan-code.l: here.
* src/scan-gram.l (handle_dollar, handle_at): Remove.
(handle_action_dollar, handle_action_at): Move to...
* src/scan-code.l: here.
* src/Makefile.am (bison_SOURCES): Add flex-scanner.h,
scan-code.h, scan-code-c.c, scan-gram.h.
(EXTRA_bison_SOURCES): Add scan-code.l.
(BUILT_SOURCES): Add scan-code.c.
(yacc): Be robust to white spaces.
* tests/conflicts.at, tests/input.at, tests/reduce.at,
* tests/regression.at: Adjust the column numbers.
* tests/regression.at: Adjust the error message.
influence the parse by changing yychar. To make this easier to fix and
to make glr.c easier to evolve in general, don't maintain yytoken in
parallel with yychar; just compute yytoken when needed.
* tests/glr-regression.at (Incorrect lookahead during deterministic
GLR): Check that setting yychar in a user action has the intended
effect.
* data/glr.c (yyGLRStack): Remove yytokenp member.
(yyclearin): Don't set *yytokenp.
(yyprocessOneStack, yyreportSyntaxError, yyrecoverSyntaxError): Examine
yychar rather than *yytokenp to determine the current lookahead.
Compute yytoken locally when needed.
(yyparse): Likewise. Remove the local yytoken that yytokenp used to
point to.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Bison Options): Remove stray sentence fragment
after `--report' documentation.
is used.
Take the rule to check as argument, hence rename as...
(grammar_rule_check): this.
* src/reader.h, src/reader.c (grammar_rule_begin, grammar_rule_end):
Rename as...
(grammar_rule_begin, grammar_rule_end): these, for consistency.
(grammar_midrule_action, grammar_symbol_append): Now static.
* tests/torture.at (input): Don't rely on the default action
being always performed.
* tests/calc.at: "Set" $$ even when the action is "cut" with
YYERROR or other.
* tests/actions.at (Exotic Dollars): Instead of using unused
values, check that the warning is issued.
Move the token type and YYSTYPE in the parser class.
* data/lalr1.cc (stack.hh, location.hh): Include earlier.
(parser::token): New, from the moved free definition of tokens.
(parser::semantic_value): Now a full definition instead of an
indirection to YYSTYPE.
(b4_post_prologue): No longer included in the header file, but
in the implementation file.
* doc/bison.texi (C+ Language Interface): Update.
* src/parse-gram.y: Support unary %define.
* tests/actions.at: Define global_tokens_and_yystype for backward
compatibility until we update the tests.
* tests/calc.at: Idem.
(first_line, first_column, last_line, last_column): Define for lalr1.cc
to simplify the code.
