Re: Clang compile error

[Akim Demaille]

Hi!

> Le 22 nov. 2018 à 05:33, Lawrence Murray <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Akim,
> 
> Thanks for the response, and for all your work on Bison!

Thanks for saying that :)

>> Sorry, I discovered this recently too, see 
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2018-11/msg00042.html.  I 
>> don’t know whether that means I should release a 3.2.2.  WDYT?
> 
> Looks like you've just got a 3.2.2 out, so I guess the fix is there?

Yup.

> Yes, indeed, we use it for the parser of the Birch probabilistic programming 
> language (birch-lang.org). We started with the basic LALR(1) parser, but as 
> the language has developed, a GLR parser has become necessary for our chosen 
> syntax.

That’s good to know.  I really need feedback on GLR on the large.  I’m involved 
in a project which uses glr.cc, but it only feature two S/R conflicts…

> I'll have a better look at these proposals later, but yes, in general, it 
> would be nice to be able to specify precisely where the conflicts are 
> expected, rather than just the total number expected. When using %expect 
> declarations, I find myself writing explanations as to where these conflicts 
> are (see e.g. lines 84-91 here: 
> https://github.com/lawmurray/Birch/blob/model/bi/parser.ypp), and it would be 
> preferable for these to be formalised.

Good!