[net.unix-wizards] yacc

kurt@fluke.UUCP (04/23/84)

Yacc token numbers over 1000 a bug?

Well certainly token numbers over 1000 will prevent yacc from working right
and yacc should probably warn you about them, but REALLY, what do you want.
Yacc has a number of wired in restrictions about the size of the grammar and
such.  I hardly think requiring you to use less than 1000 tokens or else
revise the yacc sources is a big restriction.

Not surprised yacc has not been modified to remove this 'bug'
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rcj@burl.UUCP (04/25/84)

I agree totally that the 1000 token number limit is a reasonable
restriction; that is why my MR was filed against the documentation
and not the program.  All I want is for users to be aware of the
problem -- whether the documentation or the program warns them is
of little concern to me because I strongly believe in the ancient
epithet that has become famous here.  It even has its own acronym:

RTFM -- "Read The F*ing Manual!!"
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