Re: code coverage patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: code coverage patch
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Msg-id 10900.1219936191@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: code coverage patch  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> We're pretty much assuming bison anyway, no?  It's been years since
>> I heard of anyone successfully building the backend grammar with plain
>> yacc.

> In my recollection, you were the last holdout on that with the 
> occasional HP-UX yacc test.  But I seem to recall that that combination 
> actually no longer worked the last time.

I don't think I've tried that in this century ;-).  Between the sheer
size of the grammar and the fact that we're already depending on the
behavior of several arcane %-options, I really doubt any tool besides
bison will work.  Besides, the whole point of shipping the built files
in tarballs is to ensure no one has to use any other tool.
        regards, tom lane


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