Re: C++ try/catch

[Hans Aberg]

On 29 Sep 2005, at 14:25, Hans Yperman wrote:

> I can't use the C++ parsers, as I want the code to work on both past
> and future versions of bison.

There is no support for past Bison versions. The best distribution  
policy is to include compiled files, and let those that

> I want to have a C++  try/catch block around every rule in a bison
> script.

And the C-parser will never have such support for that, even though  
it seems reasonable that the C++ parser should have it. Also note  
that the C parser-stack does not invoke copy constructors, so you can  
only run it with C++ POD's.

> Right now, I do:

The simplest way is to tweak the skeleton file, and include it using  
startup argument --skeleton. Different Bison versions, though, use  
different skeleton files and formats.

  Hans Aberg