On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
> > 1. %code{...} is the most common place for parser implementation code. In
> > C/C++, it goes in the code file. In Java, it goes in the parser class.
> >
> > 2. %requires{...} is a place to put dependency code for externally exposed
> > definitions required by Bison. In C/C++, it's for dependencies of YYSTYPE
> > and YYLTYPE. In Java, it's for import directives.
> >
> > 3. %provides{...} is a place for additional externally exposed definitions.
> > In C/C++, it goes at the bottom of the header file so that it can depend on
> > YYSTYPE, YYLTYPE, and yytokentype. In Java, I suppose it could be used to
> > define other package-visible classes in the same java file.
> >
> This would be completely ok.
Great. Paul? Akim?
> For Java, %provides and the epilogue would be
> synonyms.
Given that Java draws no distinction between a header file and a code
file, that result seems intuitive, so I think it's ok.
