Bisonc++ is highly comparable to the program bison++, written by Alain Coetmeur: all properly-written bison++ grammars ought to be convertible to bisonc++ grammars after very little or no change. Anyone familiar with bison++ or its precursor, bison, should be able to use bisonc++ with little trouble. You need to be fluent in using the C++ programming in order to use bisonc++ or to understand this manual.
This manual closely resembles bison(1)'s userguide. In fact, many sections
of that manual were copied straight into this manual. With bisonc++ distributions
(both the full source distribution and the binary .deb distributions)
bison's orginal manual is included in both PostScript and (converted
from the texi format) HTML format. Where necessary sections of the
original manual were adapted to bisonc++'s characteristics. Some sections were
removed, some new sections were added to the current manual. Expect upgrades
of the manual to appear without further notice. Upgrades will be announced in
the manual's title.
The current manual starts with tutorial chapters that explain the basic concepts of using bisonc++ and show three explained examples, each building on its previous (where available). If you don't know bisonc++, bison++ or bison, start by reading these chapters. Reference chapters follow which describe specific aspects of the program bisonc++ in detail.
Bisonc++ was designed and built by Frank B. Brokken. The program's initial release was constructed between November 2004 and May 2005.