Re: [PATCH] Do not allow identifiers that start with a negative number.

[Alex Rozenman]

Hi Joel,

I will add a test-case.
Regarding the documentation, I am not sure that we need to document this. It
looks like a regular bug fix.
It is a common sense that identifiers can not start from numbers.

Alex
P.S. Or you meant other changes in documentation ?


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Joel E. Denny <address@hidden>wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Alex Rozenman wrote:
>
> > Author: Alex Rozenman <address@hidden>
> > Date:   Wed Jan 5 15:47:25 2011 +0200
> >
> >     Do not allow identifiers that start with a negative number.
> >
> >     Reported by Paul Hilfinger as a side effect of named references
> >     support at
> >     <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2011-01/msg00000.html>.
> >     Suggested by Paul Eggert.
> >     * src/scan-code.l ({letter}, {id}): Adjust lexical definitions.
> >     * src/scan-gram.l ({letter}, {id}): Likewise.
>
> Thanks for taking care of this.  If you have some time, could you add a
> test case, update the manual, and update NEWS for 2.5?
>



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Best regards,
Alex Rozenman (address@hidden).