Re: bison patch to help gcc?

[Paul Eggert]

Tim Josling <address@hidden> writes:

> If this patch concept is acceptable I will create, document and test a
> patch for inclusion in bison. Otherwise please let me know and I will
> try and find another way.

That idea looks good to me.


Neil Booth <address@hidden> writes:

> Our actions are currently cack-handed, a large part of it working
> around bison issues.

Is there a good summary somewhere of why most of the problems in the
GCC parser's actions are due to Bison?

Bison can't compete with hand-crafted code in terms of performance.
Its main advantage over hand-crafted code should be reliability and
ease of maintenance.  If it doesn't provide that, there's something
wrong.