Re: Parser Cruft in gram.y - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From McDevitt, Charles
Subject Re: Parser Cruft in gram.y
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Msg-id 55FBC2C083A01C47BF5E0F1FF7F416BC30DF2DE1@MX103CL02.corp.emc.com
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In response to Re: Parser Cruft in gram.y  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Parser Cruft in gram.y  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
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> Another way of attack along these lines might be to use the %glr-parser
> and then try to cut back on all those redundant rules that were put in
> to avoid conflicts.  The number of key words categories and such could
> perhaps also be reduced that way.
>
> Of course, this is mostly speculation.
>
>

The GLR output from Bison is licensed under the GPL (unlike the LALR output).
So using Bison's GLR mode isn't an option.



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