Currently it is the front end that passes the symbol types to the
backend. For instance:
%token <ival> NUM
%type <ival> exp1 exp2
exp1: NUM { $$ = $1; }
exp2: NUM { $<ival>$ = $<ival>1; }
In both cases, $$ and $1 are passed to the backend as having type
'ival' resulting in code like `val.ival`. This is troublesome in the
case of api.value.type=union, since in that the case the code this:
%define api.value.type union
%token <int> NUM
%type <int> exp1 exp2
exp1: NUM { $$ = $1; }
exp2: NUM { $<int>$ = $<int>1; }
because in this case, since the backend does not know the symbol being
processed, it is forced to generate casts in both cases: *(int*)(&val)`.
This is unfortunate in the first case (exp1) where there is no reason
at all to use a cast instead of `val.NUM` and `val.exp1`.
So instead delegate the computation of the actual value type to the
backend: pass $<ival>$ as `symbol-number, ival` and $$ as
`symbol-number, MULL`, instead of passing `ival` before.
* src/scan-code.l (handle_action_dollar): Find the symbol the action
is about, not just its tyye. Pass both symbol-number, and explicit
type tag ($<tag>n when there is one) to b4_lhs_value and b4_rhs_value.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_symbol_action): adjust to the new signature to
b4_dollar_pushdef.
* data/c-like.m4 (_b4_dollar_dollar, b4_dollar_pushdef): Accept the
symbol-number as new argument.
* data/c.m4 (b4_symbol_value): Accept the symbol-number as new
argument, and use it.
(b4_symbol_value_union): Accept the symbol-number as new
argument, and use it to prefer ready a union member rather than
casting the union.
* data/yacc.c (b4_lhs_value, b4_rhs_value): Accept the new
symbol-number argument.
Adjust uses of b4_dollar_pushdef.
* data/glr.c (b4_lhs_value, b4_rhs_value): Adjust.
* data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_value_template, b4_lhs_value): Adjust
to the new symbol-number argument.
* data/variant.hh (b4_symbol_value, b4_symbol_value_template): Accept
the new symbol-number argument.
* data/java.m4 (b4_symbol_value, b4_rhs_data): New.
(b4_rhs_value): Use them.
* data/lalr1.java: Adjust to b4_dollar_pushdef, and use b4_rhs_data.
We use both styles, let's stick to a single one. Autoconf uses the
prefix one, let's do the same.
* data/bison.m4, data/c++.m4, data/c-like.m4, data/lalr1.cc,
* data/variant.hh, data/yacc.c: Rename all the b4_*_ macros
as _b4_*.
The commit 38de4e570f underquoted the
content of the comments, which resulted in losing square brackets in
the comments. Besides, some other invocations were underquoting the
effective arguments.
* data/c.m4 (b4_comment_): Properly quote the comment.
(b4_comment_, b4_comment): Move to...
* data/c-like.m4: here, so that...
* data/java.m4: can use it instead of its own copy.
* data/bison.m4 (b4_integral_parser_tables_map): Fix some comments.
* data/lalr1.cc, data/lalr1.java, data/yacc.c: Comment fixes.
* data/lalr1.cc: Reorder a bit to factor some CPP directives.
* origin/maint: (29 commits)
regen
synclines: remove spurious empty line
also support $<foo>$ in the %initial-action
skeletons: b4_dollar_pushdef and popdef to simpify complex definitions
regen
printer/destructor: translate only once
factor the handling of m4 escaping
news: schedule the removal of the ";" hack
style changes in the scanners
regen
support $<tag>$ in printers and destructors
scan-code: factor the handling of the type in $<TYPE>$
muscles: fix another occurrence of unescaped type name
glr.cc: fix the handling of yydebug
gnulib: update
formatting changes
tests: fix an assertion
tests: adjust to GCC 4.8, which displays caret errors
be sure to properly escape type names
obstack_quote: escape and quote for M4
muscles: shuffle responsabilities
muscles: make private functions static
muscles: rename private functions/macros
obstack_escape: escape M4 characters
remove dead macro
maint: style changes
doc: avoid problems with case insensitive file systems
configure: fix botched quoting
news: fix typo.
Conflicts:
NEWS
data/c.m4
data/glr.cc
data/lalr1.cc
examples/rpcalc/local.mk
src/muscle-tab.h
src/output.c
src/parse-gram.c
src/parse-gram.h
src/parse-gram.y
src/scan-code.l
src/symlist.c
src/symlist.h
src/symtab.h
tests/calc.at
scan-code.l is already passing argument to b4_dollar_dollar for the
initial acton, but its definition (of b4_dollar_dollar) does not use
this argument.
Generalize this definition, and use it for the %initial-action too.
* data/c.m4 (b4_dollar_dollar_, b4_dollar_pushdef, b4_dollar_popdef):
Instead of expecting a pointer, require a value, and use ".".
Since they are now generic enough, move to...
* data/c-like.m4: this new file.
* data/c.m4, data/java.m4: Load it.
* data/glr.c, data/lalr1.cc, data/lalr1.java, data/yacc.c: Use
b4_dollar_pushdef for the %initial-action.
* tests/actions.at: Check that.
* data/Makefile.am: Adjust.
* NEWS, doc/bison.texi: Document.
