Re: %push-* -> %define push_pull

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "JED" == Joel E Denny <address@hidden> writes:

 > There are so many potential orthogonal issues related to interface/API.  
 > For example, I've been thinking that %pure-parser ought to be deprecated 
 > in favor of a %define variable as well.  Impure vs. pure is orthogonal to 
 > pull vs. push.

 > I've also been thinking that some %define variables could be organized in 
 > a sort of hierarchy.  For example, in my offline work, I have stuff like 
 > `%define lr.default_rules' and `%define lr.lookahead_merging' to affect LR 
 > parser table construction.  Maybe we should have something like:

 >   %define api.push_pull "push|pull|both"
 >   %define api.pure      "true||false"

 > What do you think?

I like it!  It reminds me of something that was introduced in a2ps
zillions of years ago :)

~/src/bison % a2ps --list=variables                             nostromo Err 1
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echo "Cannot be used with more than two pages per sheet." >&2 ; exit 1!
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