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Re: New C++ Parser
>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
Per> That is good news. Other possible benefits (I don't know
Per> enough to other than guess/hope):
All the things you mention are probably true.
Per> - If the C grammar is re-written as the same time, you can
Per> perhaps share much of the code.
We do not plan to replace the C parser -- at this time -- but we do
plan to make that an easy thing to do in the future. Gradually, I
want to see more and more of the front-ends combined.
Per> - Can use same grammer is other applications (such as gdb),
Per> some of which might need a reentrant grammar, which is
Per> difficult with yacc. (A re-entrant grammar was a goal for
Per> cppexp.c.)
Yes.
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