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Re: bison patch to help gcc?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: bison patch to help gcc? |
Date: |
26 Mar 2003 22:09:59 -0800 |
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Tim Josling <address@hidden> writes:
> If this patch concept is acceptable I will create, document and test a
> patch for inclusion in bison. Otherwise please let me know and I will
> try and find another way.
That idea looks good to me.
Neil Booth <address@hidden> writes:
> Our actions are currently cack-handed, a large part of it working
> around bison issues.
Is there a good summary somewhere of why most of the problems in the
GCC parser's actions are due to Bison?
Bison can't compete with hand-crafted code in terms of performance.
Its main advantage over hand-crafted code should be reliability and
ease of maintenance. If it doesn't provide that, there's something
wrong.