[PATCH libxkbcommon 0/2] Use flex and bison features

[Gaetan Nadon]

On 12-02-24 03:18 PM, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 02:58:32AM +0200, Ran Benita wrote:
>> These patches break yacc and lex compatibility mainly for removing the
>> global state from the parser, which I think is expected given that this
>> is a library.
> nack. We don't want to have bison and flex as build dependencies on
> non Linux systems.
Can you specify which platforms you know of are using which tools?

I am guessing that BSD systems are using Berkley yacc (byacc) and lex.

I'd like to update the wiki with more information as this question comes
up every now and then. I just want to document, not to challenge :-)

I found this table interesting to know which tool is under which license.

>> This is my first patch to this list, so a few disclaimers:
>> - I hope it's the right list.
>> - I couldn't figure out the coding style (there seems to be use of
>>   *all* of them...), so I just tried to match the surroundings.
>> - I've been using libxkbcommon for some time and I have some more
>>   patches laying around. I can send them too if all is well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ran
>>
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