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From: karsh@nicmad.UUCP
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Subject: YACC grammer for c
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Date: Fri, 28-Nov-86 00:38:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 28 00:38:37 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Nov-86 20:16:40 EST
Reply-To: karsh@nicmad.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
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  Pardon me if this has been discussed here before.

  I tried to write a yacc grammer for the C language by using the
grammer in K&R appendix A.  I typed in the grammer from the book almost
verbatim.  I've found the following anomaly:

     Under the definition for "function-body" there is a reference to
     the non-terminal "type-decl-list".  However, "type-decl-list" is
     not defined anywhere.

  Is there any difference between "type-decl-list" and "struct-decl-list"?
I.e. can I get away with:

         type-decl-list : struct-decl-list ;

  By the way, does anybody know if there are any known bugs in the K&R
C grammer?  What's a good reference for information on the precise
syntax of the C language?

   Does anybody out there have a yacc grammer for the C language?  How
about for the ANSI C language?  Could you send me a copy?

                          Thanks,

                          Bruce Karsh
                          {ihnp4,uwvax}!nicmad!karsh