Re: [SPAM] Re: proposal: simplify prologue alternatives into %code

[Paul Eggert]

"Joel E. Denny" <address@hidden> writes:

> I think we shouldn't use STRING for those names in parse-gram.y.  
> Instead, we should define a limited regular expression that plays nicely 
> with M4.

Sure.  How about using the Bison rule for identifiers?

> 4. I wish %define put all its names in a separate namespace.  For example:
>
>   %define "my_name" "value"
>
> would create a b4_percent_define_my_name muscle instead of b4_my_name.  I 
> do something similar for %code qualifiers.  This keeps these muscles out 
> of the way of all of Bison's internal muscles.  Any objections?

None here.