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Re: Two problems with the GLR parsers
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akim |
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Re: Two problems with the GLR parsers |
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Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:03:47 +0100 |
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:57:18PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:37:23 +0100
> >
> > I'll try to extend the test ASAP. I'll also try to fix the error
> > handling in Yacc. But I'm running low on time: I leave at the end of
> > next week for a month :(
>
> We really should get an official version of Bison out before then,
> since the current official Bison version mishandles the Bash grammar.
I'm wokring hard on this :) Autoconf is out already.
> The current CVS Bison has the following problems that I know of:
>
> * The line numbers disagree in one GLR test case, which is what you're
> looking into as described above.
Yep.
> * GLR parsers fail badly on 32-bit Solaris SPARC when compiled with
> the Sun ONE Studio 7 C compiler see
> <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-bison/2002-November/001892.html>.
> They work fine if I switch to 64-bit, or if I switch to GCC. It's
> conceivable that it is a Forte bug, but more likely the bug is in
> Bison.
Agreed.