Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages

From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
To: pgsql-patches(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages
Date: 2000-02-21 03:40:54
Message-ID: 38B0B3C6.BC4EE7C5@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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Tom Lane wrote:

> We do in fact work with non-bison parser generators, or did last time
> I tried it (around 6.5 release). I would not like us to stop working
> with non-bison yaccs, since bison's output depends on alloca() which
> is not available everywhere.

I think GNU alloca should work on any platform because it's written in a
portable way.

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