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authorAkim Demaille <demaille@gostai.com>2012-02-16 15:11:13 +0100
committerAkim Demaille <demaille@gostai.com>2012-02-16 15:52:14 +0100
commitaeb57fb68d65623029357887015c2044342e2722 (patch)
tree75d6c50f9555718cdd5c38ba9a9c3c862871d1f2
parentf9c75dd016198f9b8c255f1bb139360eef3f071f (diff)
downloadbison-aeb57fb68d65623029357887015c2044342e2722.tar.gz
doc: mfcalc: send errors to stderr.
* doc/bison.texinfo (Mfcalc Lexer): New. (Mfcalc Main): Move the definition of main and yyerror here, for clarity. Let yyerror report on stderr.
-rw-r--r--doc/bison.texinfo60
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bison.texinfo b/doc/bison.texinfo
index 8391e714..f39f79ec 100644
--- a/doc/bison.texinfo
+++ b/doc/bison.texinfo
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Multi-Function Calculator: @code{mfcalc}
* Mfcalc Declarations:: Bison declarations for multi-function calculator.
* Mfcalc Rules:: Grammar rules for the calculator.
* Mfcalc Symbol Table:: Symbol table management subroutines.
+* Mfcalc Lexer:: The lexical analyzer.
+* Mfcalc Main:: The controlling function.
Bison Grammar Files
@@ -2320,6 +2322,8 @@ Note that multiple assignment and nested function calls are permitted.
* Mfcalc Declarations:: Bison declarations for multi-function calculator.
* Mfcalc Rules:: Grammar rules for the calculator.
* Mfcalc Symbol Table:: Symbol table management subroutines.
+* Mfcalc Lexer:: The lexical analyzer.
+* Mfcalc Main:: The controlling function.
@end menu
@node Mfcalc Declarations
@@ -2466,23 +2470,11 @@ symrec *getsym (char const *);
@end group
@end smallexample
-The new version of @code{main} includes a call to @code{init_table}, a
-function that initializes the symbol table. Here it is, and
-@code{init_table} as well:
+The new version of @code{main} will call @code{init_table} to initialize
+the symbol table:
@comment file: mfcalc.y
@smallexample
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-@group
-/* Called by yyparse on error. */
-void
-yyerror (char const *s)
-@{
- printf ("%s\n", s);
-@}
-@end group
-
@group
struct init
@{
@@ -2525,15 +2517,6 @@ init_table (void)
@}
@}
@end group
-
-@group
-int
-main (void)
-@{
- init_table ();
- return yyparse ();
-@}
-@end group
@end smallexample
By simply editing the initialization list and adding the necessary include
@@ -2577,6 +2560,9 @@ getsym (char const *sym_name)
@}
@end smallexample
+@node Mfcalc Lexer
+@subsection The @code{mfcalc} Lexer
+
The function @code{yylex} must now recognize variables, numeric values, and
the single-character arithmetic operators. Strings of alphanumeric
characters with a leading letter are recognized as either variables or
@@ -2678,6 +2664,34 @@ yylex (void)
@end group
@end smallexample
+@node Mfcalc Main
+@subsection The @code{mfcalc} Main
+
+The error reporting function is unchanged, and the new version of
+@code{main} includes a call to @code{init_table}:
+
+@comment file: mfcalc.y
+@smallexample
+
+@group
+@group
+/* Called by yyparse on error. */
+void
+yyerror (char const *s)
+@{
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", s);
+@}
+@end group
+
+int
+main (int argc, char const* argv[])
+@{
+ init_table ();
+ return yyparse ();
+@}
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
This program is both powerful and flexible. You may easily add new
functions, and it is a simple job to modify this code to install
predefined variables such as @code{pi} or @code{e} as well.