Re: bug#50469: [bison-3.8] bug or side effect to flex & automake

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Sep 2021 15:32:06 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.parsers.bison.bugs
Organization	UCLA Computer Science Department
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On 9/8/21 2:18 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> Just an idea that I don't expect you to adopt, but just to mention --
> you could only institute the breaking change if POSIXLY_CORRECT.  That's
> why POSIXLY_CORRECT exists. -k

I like this idea. It insulates us against POSIX decisions and/or 
indecisions in this area.