Re: Problem with multiple parsers

[Akim Demaille]

> Le 28 janv. 2015 à 14:59, Laurence Finston <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,

Hi!

What version of Bison are you using?

> I've used multiple parsers in a few projects using the `%name-prefix' option. 
>  Some other files included more than one of the generated header files which 
> meant that the %union type had to be the same for all the parsers.  However, 
> in practice, this wasn't a problem.  In addition, I use a suffix

prefix I guess.

> for all token declarations so that there's no interference between tokens 
> from the different parsers or between tokens and other macros.
> 
> I am also generating a reentrant parser and using locations so the 
> declaration of, e.g., zzlex
> is: 
> 
> int
> zzlex(YYSTYPE* value,
>      YYLTYPE* location,
>      yyscan_t parameter);
> 
> I just noticed that `%name-prefix' is now deprecated, so I tried to use 
> `%define api-prefix' instead.  In the Flex code for the scanners, I use 
> `%option prefix' (as before).  
> 
> Everything works fine with `%name-prefix'.  When I try to use `%define 
> api-prefix' instead, I get an error when linking:
> 
> undefined reference to `zzlex(ZZSTYPE*, ZZLTYPE*, void*)'
> 
> Flex doesn't define ZZSTYPE or ZZLTYPE.  I've tried various things, but none 
> of them worked.

Flex does not define ZZSTYPE etc., Bison generates them.

> Does anyone know a solution for this problem?
> 
> I was happy with `%name-prefix' but I don't want my code to depend on it if 
> it may be removed at some point.  It would also be nice if the %union types 
> in the different parsers could be different.

The %union types _are_ different, I don't understand what
you mean.

I personally declare YY_DECL myself, I don't trust Flex's
Bison bridge.