OPTIONS¶

-b file-prefix

--file-prefix=file-prefix

Specify a prefix to use for all bison output file names. The names are chosen as if the input file were named file-prefix.c.

-d

--defines

Write an extra output file containing macro definitions for the token type names defined in the grammar and the semantic value type YYSTYPE, as well as a few extern variable declarations.

If the parser output file is named name.c then this file is named name.h.

This output file is essential if you wish to put the definition of yylex in a separate source file, because yylex needs to be able to refer to token type codes and the variable yylval.

-l

--no-lines

Don't put any #line preprocessor commands in the parser file. Ordinarily bison puts them in the parser file so that the C compiler and debuggers will associate errors with your source file, the grammar file. This option causes them to associate errors with the parser file, treating it an independent source file in its own right.

-o outfile

--output-file=outfile

Specify the name outfile for the parser file.

The other output files' names are constructed from outfile as described under the -v and -d switches.

-p prefix

--name-prefix=prefix

Rename the external symbols used in the parser so that they start with prefix instead of yy. The precise list of symbols renamed is yyparse, yylex, yyerror, yylval, yychar, and yydebug.

For example, if you use -p c, the names become cparse, clex, and so on.

-t

--debug

Output a definition of the macro YYDEBUG into the parser file, so that the debugging facilities are compiled.

-v

--verbose

Write an extra output file containing verbose descriptions of the parser states and what is done for each type of look-ahead token in that state.

This file also describes all the conflicts, both those resolved by operator precedence and the unresolved ones.

The file's name is made by removing .tab.c or .c from the parser output file name, and adding .output instead.

Therefore, if the input file is foo.y, then the parser file is called foo.tab.c by default. As a consequence, the verbose output file is called foo.output.

-V

--version

Print the version number of bison.

-y

--yacc

--fixed-output-files

Equivalent to -o y.tab.c; the parser output file is called y.tab.c, and the other outputs are called y.output and y.tab.h. The purpose of this switch is to imitate yacc's output file name conventions. Thus, the following shell script can substitute for yacc:

The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as `--', for compatibility with previous releases. Eventually support for `+' will be removed, because it is incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.