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From: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: yacc
Summary: Long-known table size limit problem to be fixed in SVR4 (I think)
Keywords: yacc, states
Message-ID: <938@riddle.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 88 10:29:50 GMT
References: <895@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> <340@uplog.se>
Reply-To: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
Organization: Sphinx Ltd., Maidenhead, England
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In article <340@uplog.se> thomas@uplog.UUCP (Thomas Hameenaho) writes:
>In article <895@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> John.Cavanaugh@StPaul.NCR.COM
>>	(John David Cavanaugh) writes:
>>... when I run yacc, I get a message saying, "fatal error:
>>too many states."
>>
>>My question is:  is there any way I can increase the number of states?
>
>Not without recompiling yacc. [to increase table sizes]

I have this strong recollection that, at the recent London System V,
release 4 developers' conference, I heard that, at last, yacc's tables were
to be made dynamic, an announcement greeted with a buzz of approval from
the audience.  But I can't find any statement to that effect in the
distributed documentation or in the notes I took.  Had I dozed off?  Was I
dreaming?  Can anybody confirm or deny this story?

(Not that it helps John much.  He needs a fix now, not in a year.)
-- 
Dominic Dunlop
domo@sphinx.co.uk  domo@riddle.uucp