Re: quirks in parse-gram.y

[Kaz Kylheku]

On 2021-04-21 22:06, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > Le 20 avr. 2021 à 04:18, 叶雨飞 <sunyucong@gmail.com> a écrit :
> > 2. The rules grammar indicate an ending “;” is actually optional. In 
> > fact,
> > the parse-gram.y missed two “;” in separate places.  However the doc 
> > is
> > pretty clear an “;” is expected.  Not sure which is intended .
>
> Good catch.  The grammar would be definitely much simpler if the 
> semicolon
> were mandatory, but YACC compliance forbids this.  So it's the 
> documentation
> which is wrong.  I'll fix that, thanks!

This recently came up in comp.compilers

https://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/21-03-005