From: "U.Nakamura" <usa@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T10:48:01+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby 1.8.4 preview2

Hello, nobu

In message "Re: ruby 1.8.4 preview2"
    on Dec.01,2005 23:36:11, <nobu@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
| I don't think so.  Just re-packaging with Bison 1.x, 2.0 or
| modified 2.1.

I agree that ruby distribution should be re-packaged with
another version of Bison.


| > +#if defined(YYBISON) && !defined(__STDC__) && (defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__))
| > +#define __STDC__ 1
| > +#endif
| 
| It isn't concerned with Visual C neither Borland C, and
| defining __STDC__ causes another error with a compiler which
| doesn't support prototypes.

(1) We know there are at least two compilers which support
    prototypes but don't defined __STDC__ macro.
(2) And Bison does not know such compilers.
(3) So, we should tell Bison it.

Of course this aproach doesn't help another non-ansi compilers.
But telling Bison that VC and BCC are ansi compilers is not
bad thing, I think.


Regards,
-- 
U.Nakamura <usa@garbagecollect.jp>