Resolving Bison Shift-Reduce Conflicts for If-Else Statements with Virtual Token Priority

selection_statement : IF_P LPAREN expr RPAREN stmt_e ELSE_P stmt_e | IF_P LPAREN expr RPAREN stmt_e %prec LOW_PRI | SWITCH_P LPAREN expr RPAREN stmt_e ; Bison may flag a shift/reduce conflict on token ELSE_P when parsing nested if-else structures like if (...) if (...) stmt • ELSE stmt. The parser cannot decide whether to shift ...

Posted on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:27:17 +0000 by sintax63