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Index
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* Menu:

* $$:                                   Actions.
* $N:                                   Actions.
* %expect:                              Expect Decl.
* %left:                                Using Precedence.
* %nonassoc:                            Using Precedence.
* %prec:                                Contextual Precedence.
* %pure_parser:                         Pure Decl.
* %right:                               Using Precedence.
* %start:                               Start Decl.
* %token:                               Token Decl.
* %type:                                Type Decl.
* %union:                               Union Decl.
* @N:                                   Action Features.
* calc:                                 Infix Calc.
* else, dangling:                       Shift/Reduce.
* mfcalc:                               Multi-function Calc.
* rpcalc:                               RPN Calc.
* action:                               Actions.
* action data types:                    Action Types.
* action features summary:              Action Features.
* actions in mid-rule:                  Mid-Rule Actions.
* actions, semantic:                    Semantic Actions.
* additional C code section:            C Code.
* algorithm of parser:                  Algorithm.
* associativity:                        Why Precedence.
* Backus-Naur form:                     Language and Grammar.
* Bison declaration summary:            Decl Summary.
* Bison declarations:                   Declarations.
* Bison declarations (introduction):    Bison Declarations.
* Bison grammar:                        Grammar in Bison.
* Bison invocation:                     Invocation.
* Bison parser:                         Bison Parser.
* Bison parser algorithm:               Algorithm.
* Bison symbols, table of:              Table of Symbols.
* Bison utility:                        Bison Parser.
* BNF:                                  Language and Grammar.
* C code, section for additional:       C Code.
* C declarations section:               C Declarations.
* C-language interface:                 Interface.
* calculator, infix notation:           Infix Calc.
* calculator, multi-function:           Multi-function Calc.
* calculator, simple:                   RPN Calc.
* character token:                      Symbols.
* compiling the parser:                 Rpcalc Compile.
* conflicts:                            Shift/Reduce.
* conflicts, reduce/reduce:             Reduce/Reduce.
* conflicts, suppressing warnings of:   Expect Decl.
* context-dependent precedence:         Contextual Precedence.
* context-free grammar:                 Language and Grammar.
* controlling function:                 Rpcalc Main.
* dangling else:                        Shift/Reduce.
* data types in actions:                Action Types.
* data types of semantic values:        Value Type.
* debugging:                            Debugging.
* declaration summary:                  Decl Summary.
* declarations, Bison:                  Declarations.
* declarations, Bison (introduction):   Bison Declarations.
* declarations, C:                      C Declarations.
* declaring operator precedence:        Precedence Decl.
* declaring the start symbol:           Start Decl.
* declaring token type names:           Token Decl.
* declaring value types:                Union Decl.
* declaring value types, nonterminals:  Type Decl.
* default action:                       Actions.
* default data type:                    Value Type.
* default stack limit:                  Stack Overflow.
* default start symbol:                 Start Decl.
* defining language semantics:          Semantics.
* error:                                Error Recovery.
* error recovery:                       Error Recovery.
* error recovery, simple:               Simple Error Recovery.
* error reporting function:             Error Reporting.
* error reporting routine:              Rpcalc Error.
* examples, simple:                     Examples.
* exercises:                            Exercises.
* file format:                          Grammar Layout.
* finite-state machine:                 Parser States.
* formal grammar:                       Grammar in Bison.
* format of grammar file:               Grammar Layout.
* glossary:                             Glossary.
* grammar file:                         Grammar Layout.
* grammar rule syntax:                  Rules.
* grammar rules section:                Grammar Rules.
* grammar, Bison:                       Grammar in Bison.
* grammar, context-free:                Language and Grammar.
* grouping, syntactic:                  Language and Grammar.
* infix notation calculator:            Infix Calc.
* interface:                            Interface.
* introduction:                         Introduction.
* invoking Bison:                       Invocation.
* invoking Bison under VMS:             VMS Invocation.
* LALR(1):                              Mystery Conflicts.
* language semantics, defining:         Semantics.
* layout of Bison grammar:              Grammar Layout.
* left recursion:                       Recursion.
* lexical analyzer:                     Lexical.
* lexical analyzer, purpose:            Bison Parser.
* lexical analyzer, writing:            Rpcalc Lexer.
* lexical tie-in:                       Lexical Tie-ins.
* literal token:                        Symbols.
* look-ahead token:                     Look-Ahead.
* LR(1):                                Mystery Conflicts.
* main function in simple example:      Rpcalc Main.
* mid-rule actions:                     Mid-Rule Actions.
* multi-function calculator:            Multi-function Calc.
* mutual recursion:                     Recursion.
* nonterminal symbol:                   Symbols.
* operator precedence:                  Precedence.
* operator precedence, declaring:       Precedence Decl.
* options for invoking Bison:           Invocation.
* overflow of parser stack:             Stack Overflow.
* parse error:                          Error Reporting.
* parser:                               Bison Parser.
* parser stack:                         Algorithm.
* parser stack overflow:                Stack Overflow.
* parser state:                         Parser States.
* polish notation calculator:           RPN Calc.
* precedence declarations:              Precedence Decl.
* precedence of operators:              Precedence.
* precedence, context-dependent:        Contextual Precedence.
* precedence, unary operator:           Contextual Precedence.
* preventing warnings about conflicts:  Expect Decl.
* pure parser:                          Pure Decl.
* recovery from errors:                 Error Recovery.
* recursive rule:                       Recursion.
* reduce/reduce conflict:               Reduce/Reduce.
* reduction:                            Algorithm.
* reentrant parser:                     Pure Decl.
* reverse polish notation:              RPN Calc.
* right recursion:                      Recursion.
* rule syntax:                          Rules.
* rules section for grammar:            Grammar Rules.
* running Bison (introduction):         Rpcalc Gen.
* semantic actions:                     Semantic Actions.
* semantic value:                       Semantic Values.
* semantic value type:                  Value Type.
* shift/reduce conflicts:               Shift/Reduce.
* shifting:                             Algorithm.
* simple examples:                      Examples.
* single-character literal:             Symbols.
* stack overflow:                       Stack Overflow.
* stack, parser:                        Algorithm.
* stages in using Bison:                Stages.
* start symbol:                         Language and Grammar.
* start symbol, declaring:              Start Decl.
* state (of parser):                    Parser States.
* summary, action features:             Action Features.
* summary, Bison declaration:           Decl Summary.
* suppressing conflict warnings:        Expect Decl.
* symbol:                               Symbols.
* symbol table example:                 Mfcalc Symtab.
* symbols (abstract):                   Language and Grammar.
* symbols in Bison, table of:           Table of Symbols.
* syntactic grouping:                   Language and Grammar.
* syntax error:                         Error Reporting.
* syntax of grammar rules:              Rules.
* terminal symbol:                      Symbols.
* token:                                Language and Grammar.
* token type:                           Symbols.
* token type names, declaring:          Token Decl.
* tracing the parser:                   Debugging.
* unary operator precedence:            Contextual Precedence.
* using Bison:                          Stages.
* value type, semantic:                 Value Type.
* value types, declaring:               Union Decl.
* value types, nonterminals, declaring: Type Decl.
* value, semantic:                      Semantic Values.
* VMS:                                  VMS Invocation.
* warnings, preventing:                 Expect Decl.
* writing a lexical analyzer:           Rpcalc Lexer.
* YYABORT:                              Parser Function.
* YYACCEPT:                             Parser Function.
* YYBACKUP:                             Action Features.
* yychar:                               Look-Ahead.
* yyclearin:                            Error Recovery.
* YYDEBUG:                              Debugging.
* yydebug:                              Debugging.
* YYEMPTY:                              Action Features.
* yyerrok:                              Error Recovery.
* YYERROR:                              Action Features.
* yyerror:                              Error Reporting.
* YYERROR_VERBOSE:                      Error Reporting.
* YYINITDEPTH:                          Stack Overflow.
* yylex:                                Lexical.
* YYLEX_PARAM:                          Pure Calling.
* yylloc:                               Token Positions.
* YYLTYPE:                              Token Positions.
* yylval:                               Token Values.
* YYMAXDEPTH:                           Stack Overflow.
* yynerrs:                              Error Reporting.
* yyparse:                              Parser Function.
* YYPARSE_PARAM:                        Pure Calling.
* YYPRINT:                              Debugging.
* YYRECOVERING:                         Error Recovery.
* |:                                    Rules.