Re: [HACKERS] Parser Cruft in gram.y

2012-12-20 Thread McDevitt, Charles
> >
> > The GLR output from Bison is licensed under the GPL (unlike the LALR 
> > output).
> > So using Bison's GLR mode isn't an option.
> 
> Thats not the case anymore:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/html_node/Conditions.html

Sorry!  My mistake... I didn't realize they changed the rules.
I'll be more careful to check these things in the future.



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Re: [HACKERS] Parser Cruft in gram.y

2012-12-20 Thread McDevitt, Charles
> 
> Another way of attack along these lines might be to use the %glr-parser
> and then try to cut back on all those redundant rules that were put in
> to avoid conflicts.  The number of key words categories and such could
> perhaps also be reduced that way.
> 
> Of course, this is mostly speculation.
> 
> 

The GLR output from Bison is licensed under the GPL (unlike the LALR output).
So using Bison's GLR mode isn't an option.


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