Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages
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Msg-id 38B0B3C6.BC4EE7C5@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

> We do in fact work with non-bison parser generators, or did last time
> I tried it (around 6.5 release).  I would not like us to stop working
> with non-bison yaccs, since bison's output depends on alloca() which
> is not available everywhere.

I think GNU alloca should work on any platform because it's written in a
portable way.


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