On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Bear Giles wrote:
> > In fact, my grammar currently has an obscene
> > 20 shift/reduce and 4 reduce/reduce conflicts!
>
> A shift/reduce conflict, IIRC, usually indicates a situation where
> the grammar is unambiguous but may be inefficient. Eliminating them
> is nice, but not critical.
This is not correct. A shift/reduce conflict is where the grammar is
ambiguous.
>
> A R/R conflict, in contrast, is a point where the grammar is ambiguous
> and you *must* fix it.
A reduce/reduce conflict is where there is more than one rule which could
be used for the reduction of the grammar.
Gavin
