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Re: [RFC, PATCH] YACC parsers
Mark> As far as I can tell, it will require an explicit rule for each
Mark> parser, whereas currently an implicit rule is sufficient.
Yeah, I see.
That isn't such a big deal. We can stuff the body of the rule into a
variable and reuse it in each explicit rule.
>> I wouldn't mind getting rid of these hacks and requiring a -p-capable
>> yacc.
Mark> POSIX requires the -p option, so I guess that would be fine.
Fine by me.
>> Or even requiring Bison; I think this would only be needed by gdb
>> developers anyhow.
Mark> My primary development systems come with a perfectly fine yacc that
Mark> isn't bison.
I suspect eventually I will have a reason to require bison, but we can
put that off until and if it ever happens.
Tom