Re: pgsql: Enable script to generate preproc.y in build process.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: badalex(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: "Michael Meskes" <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Enable script to generate preproc.y in build process.
Date: 2008-11-15 22:39:49
Message-ID: 7799.1226788789@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Alex Hunsaker" <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 15:23, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Huh ... what gcc and bison versions are you using? The code is
>> certainly wrong but I wonder why nobody else saw this error.

> $ bison --version
> bison (GNU Bison) 2.4

Interesting. Looking at the generated code, it seems that the older
bison versions I have here (2.3 and 1.875) insert an extra semicolon at
the end of any action. Apparently 2.4 doesn't do that anymore ...
I wonder how many other projects' code will break?

regards, tom lane

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