Re: inserting into tab.h, after %union

[Joel E. Denny]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Hans Aberg wrote:

> On 4 Dec 2006, at 22:56, Joel E. Denny wrote:
> 
> > > The problem is that different languages use different paradigms, and it
> > > m,ay
> > > not be possible to do this stuff in that context then.
> > 
> > Until we know what those languages are, I'm not sure how to handle them.
> 
> So then you cannot produce a unified commend set.

Potentially, but I'm not inclined to complicate the existing directives as 
we grope in the dark trying to accommodate future target languages that we 
haven't even identified yet.

> The point is that a name like %provides sounds as thouh it has something to do
> with the sematics to do, when in reality, it is a language specific file
> setup.

It does have something to do with semantics, and the low-level details 
vary with the target language.

> > > Another language, like Java
> > 
> > In the case of Java, Paolo Bonzini (the author of the Java skeleton) and I
> > have already come to an agreement on how these directives will make sense.
> 
> But the point is that you say it has a structure unified with C++.

At the abstract semantic level, it does.