GNU bug report logs - #11419
Get rid of ylwrap, and simplify yacc/lex rules (was: Re: FYI: maint: fix the generation of the synclines for bison's parser)

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Message #32 received at 11419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Akim Demaille <akim <at> lrde.epita.fr>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: paul Eggert <eggert <at> CS.UCLA.EDU>, bug-bison <at> gnu.org,
	automake-patches <at> gnu.org, bison-patches <at> gnu.org,
	11419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bruce Korb <bkorb <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] yacc,
	lex: new 'no-ylwrap' option to prevent use of the 'ylwrap' script
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:58:48 +0200

Le 26 juin 2012 à 17:35, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :

> This is probably a better idea, yes.  This could probably be done by
> enhancing AM_PROG_LEX and defining a similar new AM_PROG_YACC macro.
> Or better again, it could be done directly in AC_PROG_LEX and
> AC_PROG_YACC, so that we could just rely on them in the future
> (in the meantime, we could copy their new definitions in our
> 'm4/' directories, so that the new improved definitions will still
> be accessible to users with older Autoconfs).

I had sent a message about such macros to Autoconf, but
to no avail.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-04/msg00001.html

This initial work leaves in Bison as m4/flex.m4.  I know there is
work to do (test, doc etc.), but at least I'd like some feedback.
Then I'll proceed to Yacc/Bison.

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