Re: Bug#202474: %{ %} is broken

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 20:55:48 +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Package: gperf
> Version: 3.0-3
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/gperf
> 
> gperf 3.0 doesn't accept %{ %} constructs any more:
> 
> % echo -e "%{\nint x;\n%}\nbadjak\nmanis" | gperf
> (standard input):1: declarations are not allowed in the keywords section.
> To declare a keyword starting with %, enclose it in double-quotes.

This works though:
echo -e "%{\nint x;\n%}\n%%\nbadjak\nmanis" | gperf
                         ^^^^

> This used to work with 2.7.2. It breaks bootstrapping gcc, so it would be
> nice if it could be fixed quickly.

I'm not sure if this is a bug in gperf or simply a tightening of the syntax
(which gcc should follow). Bruno, can you please comment on this?

Regards,
Ray
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