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Akim Demaille
de5207244b diagnostics: %pure-parser is obsolete
Reported by Uxio Prego.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2018-12/msg00029.html

* src/scan-gram.l, src/parse-gram.y (PERCENT_PURE_PARSER)
(handle_pure_parser): New.
Issue a deprecation/update notice for %pure-parser.
* doc/bison.texi (Java Bison Interface): Don't mention %pure-parser.
* tests/actions.at, tests/input.at: Adjust.
2019-05-19 10:05:18 +02:00
Akim Demaille
ab3eaff7c4 doc: use colors for diagnostics in TeX too
Thanks to Gavin Smith and Patrice Dumas.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-texinfo/2019-04/msg00015.html

* doc/bison.texi (@colorWarning, @colorError, @colorNotice)
(@colorOff): Define for TeX and HTML.
(@dwarning, @derror, @dnotice): Use them.
2019-05-09 19:21:02 +02:00
Akim Demaille
04676a5085 doc: use svg instead of png
* doc/bison.texi, doc/local.mk: here.
2019-04-29 07:44:19 +02:00
Akim Demaille
cf44351dd7 doc: use colors
* doc/bison.texi (dwarning, derror, dnotice): New.
Use them in the diagnostics.
* doc/local.mk (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Pass customization variables.
2019-04-29 07:44:19 +02:00
Akim Demaille
33b246a624 doc: clarify -fsyntax-error
* NEWS, doc/bison.texi: here.
2019-04-27 18:27:04 +02:00
Akim Demaille
9260e5ca4f api.location.type: support it in C
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.
2019-04-25 20:20:59 +02:00
Akim Demaille
95d688957f diagnostics: document the change of format
* doc/bison.texiL Adjust output.
Also, Graphviz has no uppercsae V.
* NEWS: Explain the format change.
2019-04-23 18:29:10 +02:00
Akim Demaille
dff7454371 doc: sort the warning categories
* doc/bison.texi, src/getargs.c: here.
2019-04-19 20:16:32 +02:00
Akim Demaille
a745041b7d doc: minor fixes
* doc/bison.texi: Use consistently $ and @kbd in shell examples.
Prefer sticking to English words: output and file instead of outfile
and infile.
2019-04-07 12:45:45 +02:00
Akim Demaille
bd55d43333 graph: prefer *.gv to *.dot
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.
2019-02-21 06:46:07 +01:00
Akim Demaille
98020cedf7 doc: fixes to please older versions of Texinfo
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.
2019-02-21 06:46:07 +01:00
Akim Demaille
cbf213915c doc: style changes
* doc/bison.texi (Bibliography): Add [Corbett 1984] and [Johnson
1978].
(History): Use them.
And other minor changes.
2019-02-17 12:20:40 +01:00
Eric S. Raymond
93371999ee doc: a history section
* bison.texi (A Brief History of the Greater Ungulates): New section.
2019-02-17 11:37:14 +01:00
Akim Demaille
f23b879ff5 doc: a single space before closing comments
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.
2019-02-10 17:44:23 +01:00
Akim Demaille
8b2d233283 doc: modernize the examples
* 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)').
2019-02-10 17:44:23 +01:00
Akim Demaille
9cd7bd4d5f add -fsyntax-only
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.
2019-01-28 06:47:07 +01:00
Akim Demaille
8b0b295569 yacc: issue warnings, not errors, for Bison extensions
Reported by Kiyoshi Kanazawa.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2019-01/msg00029.html

* src/getargs.c (getargs): Let --yacc imply -Wyacc, not -Werror=yacc.
* tests/input.at: Adjust.
* doc/bison.tex (Bison Options): Document.
2019-01-27 15:53:28 +01:00
Akim Demaille
5ec9c99662 --update: when used, do not generate the output files
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.
2019-01-22 06:54:31 +01:00
Akim Demaille
4a690d3d19 doc: document -ffixit and --update
* doc/bison.texi (Bison Options): here.
2019-01-18 06:55:01 +01:00
Akim Demaille
cd1a9f076c doc: style fixes
* 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.
2019-01-18 06:55:01 +01:00
Akim Demaille
ad326ada91 c, c++: avoid implicit fall-throw
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.
2019-01-15 18:07:00 +01:00
Akim Demaille
8b717ca5ae doc: use @option consistently
* doc/bison.texi: Use @option, not @code, for options.
2019-01-05 15:43:39 +01:00
Akim Demaille
2471733f1a package: bump copyrights to 2019 2019-01-05 14:58:05 +01:00
Akim Demaille
c0c45cfa38 java/d: rename some %define variables for consistency
See 890ee8a1fd and
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2019-01/msg00024.html.

* data/skeletons/d.m4, data/skeletons/java.m4
(abstract, annotations, extends, final, implements, public, strictfp):
Rename as...
(api.parser.abstract, api.parser.annotations, api.parser.extends)
(api.parser.final, api.parser.implements, api.parser.public)
(api.parser.strictfp):
these.

* src/muscle-tab.c (muscle_percent_variable_update): Ensure backward
compatibility.

* doc/bison.texi, examples/d/calc.y, examples/java/Calc.y,
tests/input.at: Adjust.
2019-01-05 12:28:55 +01:00
Akim Demaille
b90675e67a clearly deprecate %name-prefix
* src/scan-gram.l (%name-prefix): Issue a deprecation warning.

* tests/calc.at, tests/headers.at, tests/input.at, tests/java.at,
* tests/javapush.at, tests/local.at: Adjust expectations.
Or disable -Wdeprecated.

* doc/bison.texi: Document that %name-prefix is replaced by %define
api.prefix.
2019-01-03 09:03:33 +01:00
Akim Demaille
9f81497a0c doc: formatting changes
* doc/bison.texi: here.
2019-01-03 09:02:22 +01:00
Akim Demaille
890ee8a1fd rename parser_class_name as api.parser.class
The previous name was historical and inconsistent.

* src/muscle-tab.c (define_directive): Use the proper value passing
syntax, based on the muscle kind.
(muscle_percent_variable_update): Use the right value passing syntax.
Migrate from parser_class_name to api.parser.class.

* data/skeletons: Migrate from parser_class_name to api.parser.class.

* doc/bison.texi (%define Summary): Document both parser_class_name
and api.parser.class.
Promote the latter over the former.
2019-01-02 19:14:32 +01:00
Akim Demaille
86cb2e72fd style: formatting changes in the doc
* doc/bison.texi: here.
2019-01-02 08:02:23 +01:00
Akim Demaille
a4ede8f85b package: make bison a relocatable package
Suggested by David Barto
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bison/2015-02/msg00004.html
and Victor Zverovich.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2018-10/msg00121.html

This is very easy to do, thanks to work by Bruno Haible in gnulib.
See "Supporting Relocation" in gnulib's documentation.

* bootstrap.conf: We need relocatable-prog and relocatable-script (for yacc).

* src/yacc.in: New.
* configure.ac, src/local.mk: Instantiate it.
* src/main.c, src/output.c (main, pkgdatadir): Use relocatable2.

* doc/bison.texi (FAQ): Document it.
2018-12-25 10:05:36 +01:00
Akim Demaille
e5780041b9 c++: exhibit a safe symbol_type
Instead of introducing make_symbol (whose name, btw, somewhat
infringes on the user's "name space", if she defines a token named
"symbol"), let's make the construction of symbol_type safer, using
assertions.

For instance with:

    %token ':' <std::string> ID <int> INT;

generate:

    symbol_type (int token, const std::string&);
    symbol_type (int token, const int&);
    symbol_type (int token);

It does mean that now named token constructors (make_ID, make_INT,
etc.) go through a useless assert, but I think we can ignore this: I
assume any decent compiler will inline the symbol_type ctor inside the
make_TOKEN functions, which will show that the assert is trivially
verified, hence I expect no code will be emitted for it.  And anyway,
that's an assert, NDEBUG controls it.

* data/c++.m4 (symbol_type): Turn into a subclass of
basic_symbol<by_type>.
Declare symbol constructors when variants are enabled.
* data/variant.hh (_b4_type_constructor_declare)
(_b4_type_constructor_define): Replace with...
(_b4_symbol_constructor_declare, _b4_symbol_constructor_def): these.
Generate symbol_type constructors.
* doc/bison.texi (Complete Symbols): Document.
* tests/types.at: Check.
2018-12-22 14:55:07 +01:00
Akim Demaille
1099b8dc26 symbols: document the overhaul of symbol declarations
* doc/bison.texi (Symbol Decls): New.
2018-12-17 05:57:17 +01:00
Akim Demaille
d68f05d75c style: s/non-terminal/nonterminal/
I personally prefer 'non terminal', or 'non-terminal', but
'nonterminal' is the common spelling.

* data/glr.c, src/parse-gram.y, src/symtab.c, src/symtab.h,
* tests/input.at, doc/refcard.tex: here.
2018-12-11 06:55:41 +01:00
Akim Demaille
81dbd0d82e C++: support variadic emplace
Suggested by Askar Safin.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2018-12/msg00006.html

* data/variant.hh: Implement.
* tests/types.at: Check.
* doc/bison.texi: Document.
2018-12-10 17:50:12 +01:00
Akim Demaille
ebe9b20841 doc: formatting changes
* doc/bison.texi: here.
2018-11-28 13:07:41 +01:00
Akim Demaille
9476783307 doc: formatting changes
* doc/bison.texi: Here.
2018-11-26 07:56:06 +01:00
Paul Hilfinger
b34b12c4f9 allow %expect and %expect-rr modifiers on individual rules
This change allows one to document (and check) which rules participate
in shift/reduce and reduce/reduce conflicts.  This is particularly
important GLR parsers, where conflicts are a normal occurrence.  For
example,

    %glr-parser
    %expect 1
    %%

    ...

    argument_list:
      arguments %expect 1
    | arguments ','
    | %empty
    ;

    arguments:
      expression
    | argument_list ',' expression
    ;

    ...

Looking at the output from -v, one can see that the shift-reduce
conflict here is due to the fact that the parser does not know whether
to reduce arguments to argument_list until it sees the token AFTER the
following ','.  By marking the rule with %expect 1 (because there is a
conflict in one state), we document the source of the 1 overall shift-
reduce conflict.

In GLR parsers, we can use %expect-rr in a rule for reduce/reduce
conflicts.  In this case, we mark each of the conflicting rules.  For
example,

    %glr-parser
    %expect-rr 1

    %%

    stmt:
      target_list '=' expr ';'
    | expr_list ';'
    ;

    target_list:
      target
    | target ',' target_list
    ;

    target:
      ID %expect-rr 1
    ;

    expr_list:
      expr
    | expr ',' expr_list
    ;

    expr:
      ID %expect-rr 1
    | ...
    ;

In a statement such as

    x, y = 3, 4;

the parser must reduce x to a target or an expr, but does not know
which until it sees the '='.  So we notate the two possible reductions
to indicate that each conflicts in one rule.

See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2013-02/msg00105.html.

* doc/bison.texi (Suppressing Conflict Warnings): Document %expect,
%expect-rr in grammar rules.
* src/conflicts.c (count_state_rr_conflicts): Adjust comment.
(rule_has_state_sr_conflicts): New static function.
(count_rule_sr_conflicts): New static function.
(rule_nast_state_rr_conflicts): New static function.
(count_rule_rr_conflicts): New static function.
(rule_conflicts_print): New static function.
(conflicts_print): Also use rule_conflicts_print to report on individual
rules.
* src/gram.h (struct rule): Add new fields expected_sr_conflicts,
expected_rr_conflicts.
* src/reader.c (grammar_midrule_action): Transfer expected_sr_conflicts,
expected_rr_conflicts to new rule, and turn off in current_rule.
(grammar_current_rule_expect_sr): New function.
(grammar_current_rule_expect_rr): New function.
(packgram): Transfer expected_sr_conflicts, expected_rr_conflicts
to new rule.
* src/reader.h (grammar_current_rule_expect_sr): New function.
(grammar_current_rule_expect_rr): New function.
* src/symlist.c (symbol_list_sym_new): Initialize expected_sr_conflicts,
expected_rr_conflicts.
* src/symlist.h (struct symbol_list): Add new fields expected_sr_conflicts,
expected_rr_conflicts.
* tests/conflicts.at: Add tests "%expect in grammar rule not enough",
"%expect in grammar rule right.", "%expect in grammar rule too much."
2018-11-21 22:08:47 +01:00
Jannick
bee10f5774 doc: calc++: remove ancient fix for flex
* doc/bison.texi (Calc++ Scanner): Remove fix for Flex 2.5.31-2.5.33.
2018-11-21 08:58:35 +01:00
Jannick
7795db64d1 doc: calc++: ignore \r in the scaner
* doc/bison.texi (Calc++ Scanner): Ignore \r.
2018-11-21 08:39:22 +01:00
Akim Demaille
f1e0839c9e doc: -Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant was added to GCC 4.7
It is not supported by previous versions.
See https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-4.7/changes.html
Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe.

* doc/bison.texi (Calc++ Scanner): here.
2018-11-03 07:23:10 +01:00
Adam Sampson
3bf429aed8 examples: #include <cstring> in calc++
strerror is defined by <string.h>, and recent versions of GNU libstdc++
no longer include this automatically from <string>.
2018-11-02 10:20:30 +01:00
Akim Demaille
c45f86d286 doc: fix distcheck
The extracted example, simple.yy, does not use %require "3.2", so it
generates a stack.hh, which breaks distcheck.

* doc/bison.texi: Fix it.
2018-10-27 08:53:30 +02:00
Akim Demaille
3f5e6905da doc: spell check
* README, doc/bison.texi, examples/README, examples/c++/README: here.
2018-10-26 08:40:07 +02:00
Akim Demaille
ee175dfd00 doc: some improvements
* doc/bison.texi (Calc++ Scanner): Show how exception can be thrown
from auxiliary functions.
Clarify the meaning of the various flex %options we use.
Get rid of a warning.
(Calc++ Parsing Driver): Use the parser as a functor.
2018-10-26 07:42:28 +02:00
Akim Demaille
18743948b5 doc: minor fixes
* doc/bison.texi: Simplify wording.
Fix Texinfo error.
(Complete Symbols): Handle the token EOF.
(Calc++ Parser): In the modern C++ world, prefer assignment to swap.
(Strings are Destroyed): Prefer an explicit 'continue' to a comment.
2018-10-25 07:03:15 +02:00
Akim Demaille
73a822e636 doc: mention earlier how to disable the generation of location.hh
Suggested by Victor Khomenko.

* doc/bison.texi (C++ Bison Interface): Here.
2018-10-24 18:57:15 +02:00
Akim Demaille
5b879c8980 c++: std::to_string is available in C++11
Reported by Victor Khomenko.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2018-10/msg00033.html

* doc/bison.texi, examples/c++/variant-11.yy: Use std::to_string
instead of ours.
2018-10-24 18:49:04 +02:00
Akim Demaille
a4dce889a4 doc: an introductory example for C++
Suggested by Victor Khomenko.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2018-08/msg00037.html

* doc/bison.texi (A Simple C++ Example): New.
* examples/c++/local.mk, examples/c++/simple.test: New.
Extract, check, and install this new example.
* examples/local.mk: Adjust.
* examples/test: Adjust to the case where the dirname differs
from the test name.
2018-10-24 06:18:57 +02:00
Akim Demaille
f9bba892bd c++: make operator() an alias to the parse function
* data/glr.cc, data/lalr1.cc (operator()): New.
* doc/bison.texi: Update.
2018-10-24 06:18:57 +02:00
Akim Demaille
06f3245fa4 flex: work around more warnings
* doc/bison.texi: here.
2018-10-23 09:08:57 +02:00
Akim Demaille
4b0efdeb28 c++: minor changes
* data/lalr1.cc: Fix oldish comment.
* data/stack.hh: Prefer typename for type names.
Use size() instead of duplicating it.
* examples/variant-11.yy, examples/variant.yy (yylex): Use int,
as this is the type of the semantic value.
2018-10-22 08:40:39 +02:00