1 [name] 2 bison \- GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement) 3 4 [description] 5 .I Bison 6 is a parser generator in the style of 7 .IR yacc (1). 8 It should be upwardly compatible with input files designed 9 for 10 .IR yacc . 11 .PP 12 Input files should follow the 13 .I yacc 14 convention of ending in 15 .BR .y . 16 Unlike 17 .IR yacc , 18 the generated files do not have fixed names, but instead use the prefix 19 of the input file. 20 Moreover, if you need to put 21 .I C++ 22 code in the input file, you can end his name by a C++-like extension 23 (.ypp or .y++), then bison will follow your extension to name the 24 output file (.cpp or .c++). 25 For instance, a grammar description file named 26 .B parse.yxx 27 would produce the generated parser in a file named 28 .BR parse.tab.cxx , 29 instead of 30 .IR yacc 's 31 .B y.tab.c 32 or old 33 .I Bison 34 version's 35 .BR parse.tab.c . 36 .PP 37 This description of the options that can be given to 38 .I bison 39 is adapted from the node 40 .B Invocation 41 in the 42 .B bison.texinfo 43 manual, which should be taken as authoritative. 44 .PP 45 .I Bison 46 supports both traditional single-letter options and mnemonic long 47 option names. Long option names are indicated with 48 .B \-\- 49 instead of 50 .BR \- . 51 Abbreviations for option names are allowed as long as they 52 are unique. When a long option takes an argument, like 53 .BR \-\-file-prefix , 54 connect the option name and the argument with 55 .BR = . 56
