Re: quirks in parse-gram.y

On 2021-04-21 22:06, Akim Demaille wrote:
>> Le 20 avr. 2021 à 04:18, 叶雨飞 <[email protected]> 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