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+/*
+ * (c) 2003 Mario de Sousa
+ *
+ * Offered to the public under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
+ * Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * This code is made available on the understanding that it will not be
+ * used in safety-critical situations without a full and competent review.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * An IEC 61131-3 IL and ST compiler.
+ *
+ * Based on the
+ * FINAL DRAFT - IEC 61131-3, 2nd Ed. (2001-12-10)
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Stage 2
+ * =======
+ *
+ *  This file contains the syntax definition of the textual
+ *  languages IL and ST. The syntax parser, comprising the
+ *  2nd stage of the overall compiler, is generated by runing
+ *  bison on this file.
+ */
+
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/*******                                                        *******/
+/*******   The following syntax does not have any conflicts.    *******/
+/*******                                                        *******/
+/*******   P L E A S E    K E E P    I T    T H A T    W A Y !  *******/
+/*******   ===================================================  *******/
+/*******                                                        *******/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+
+
+
+
+%{
+#include <string.h>	/* required for strdup()  */
+
+
+/* declare the token parser generated by flex... */
+int yylex(void);
+
+/* declare the error handler defined at the end of this file */
+void yyerror (const char *error_msg);
+
+/* produce a more verbose parsing error message */
+#define YYERROR_VERBOSE
+
+/* Include debuging code.
+ * Printing of debug info must then be activated by setting
+ * the variable yydebug to 1.
+ */
+#define YYDEBUG 0
+
+
+/* file with declaration of absyntax classes... */
+#include "../absyntax/absyntax.hh"
+
+/* file with declaration of token constants. Generated by bison! */
+#include "iec.y.hh"
+
+/* file with the declarations of symbol tables... */
+#include "../util/symtable.hh"
+
+
+/* an ugly hack!!
+ * We will probably not need it when we decide
+ *  to cut down the abstract syntax down to size.
+ *  We keep it as it is until we get to write
+ *  stages 3 and 4 of the compiler. Who knows,
+ *  we might just find out that we really do need
+ *  the abstract syntax tree to stay as it is
+ *  afterall!
+ */
+/* for each element <elem> in list_c * <list>
+ * execute the code <code>
+ */
+#define FOR_EACH_ELEMENT(elem, list, code) {		\
+  symbol_c *elem;					\
+  for(int i = 0; i < list->n; i++) {			\
+    elem = list->elements[i];				\
+    code;						\
+  }							\
+}
+
+
+/* A macro for printing out internal parser errors... */
+#define ERROR error_exit(__FILE__,__LINE__)
+/* function defined in main.cc */
+extern void error_exit(const char *file_name, int line_no);
+
+
+/*********************************/
+/* The global symbol tables...   */
+/*********************************/
+/* NOTE: declared static because they are not accessed
+ *       directly by the lexical parser (flex), but rather
+ *       through the function get_identifier_token()
+ */
+/* A symbol table to store all the library elements */
+/* e.g.: <function_name , function_decl>
+ *       <fb_name , fb_decl>
+ *       <type_name , type_decl>
+ *       <program_name , program_decl>
+ *       <configuration_name , configuration_decl>
+ */
+static symtable_c<int, BOGUS_TOKEN_ID> library_element_symtable;
+
+/* A symbol table to store the declared variables of
+ * the function currently being parsed...
+ */
+static symtable_c<int, BOGUS_TOKEN_ID> variable_name_symtable;
+
+
+/*************************/
+/* global variables...   */
+/*************************/
+static symbol_c *tree_root = NULL;
+
+/* The name of the file currently being parsed...
+ * Note that flex accesses and updates this global variable
+ * apropriately whenever it comes across an (*#include <filename> *)
+ * directive...
+ */
+const char *current_filename = NULL;
+
+/* A global flag used to tell the parser if overloaded funtions should be allowed.
+ * The IEC 61131-3 standard allows overloaded funtions in the standard library,
+ * but disallows them in user code...
+ */
+bool allow_function_overloading = false;
+
+
+/************************/
+/* forward declarations */
+/************************/
+/* The functions declared here are defined at the end of this file... */
+
+/* Convert an il_operator_c into an identifier_c */
+symbol_c *il_operator_c_2_identifier_c(symbol_c *il_operator);
+
+/* print an error message */
+void print_err_msg(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *additional_error_msg);
+
+
+/************************/
+/* forward declarations */
+/************************/
+/* The functions declared here are defined in iec.flex... */
+void print_include_stack(void);
+
+
+%}
+
+
+
+%union {
+    symbol_c 	*leaf;
+    list_c	*list;
+    char 	*ID;	/* token value */
+    struct {
+      symbol_c	*first;
+      symbol_c	*second;
+    } double_symbol; /* used by il_simple_operator_clash_il_operand */
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/*****************************/
+/* Prelimenary constructs... */
+/*****************************/
+%type <leaf> start
+
+%type <leaf>	any_identifier
+
+%token <ID>	prev_declared_variable_name_token
+%token <ID>	prev_declared_fb_name_token
+%type <leaf>	prev_declared_variable_name
+%type <leaf>	prev_declared_fb_name
+
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_simple_type_name_token
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_subrange_type_name_token
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_enumerated_type_name_token
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_array_type_name_token
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_structure_type_name_token
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_string_type_name_token
+
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_simple_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_subrange_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_enumerated_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_array_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_structure_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_string_type_name
+
+%token <ID>	prev_declared_derived_function_name_token
+%token <ID>	prev_declared_derived_function_block_name_token
+%token <ID>	prev_declared_program_type_name_token
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_derived_function_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_derived_function_block_name
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_program_type_name
+
+
+/* A bogus token that, in principle, flex MUST NEVER generate */
+/* USE 1:
+ * ======
+ * This token is currently also being used as the default
+ * initialisation value of the token_id member in
+ * the symbol_c base class.
+ *
+ * USE 2
+ * =====
+ * This token may also be used in the future to remove
+ * mysterious reduce/reduce conflicts due to the fact
+ * that our grammar may not be LALR(1) but merely LR(1).
+ * This means that bison cannot handle it without some
+ * caoxing from ourselves. We will then need this token
+ * to do the coaxing...
+ */
+%token BOGUS_TOKEN_ID
+
+
+/* The pragmas... */
+%token <ID>	pragma_token
+%type <leaf>	pragma
+
+
+/* Where do these tokens belong ?? */
+/* TODO: get the syntax parser to handle these tokens... */
+%token	EN
+%token	ENO
+
+
+
+/***************************/
+/* B 0 - Programming Model */
+/***************************/
+%type <list>	library
+%type <leaf>	library_element_declaration
+
+
+/*******************************************/
+/* B 1.1 - Letters, digits and identifiers */
+/*******************************************/
+/* Done totally within flex...
+  letter
+  digit
+  octal_digit
+  hex_digit
+*/
+%token <ID>	identifier_token
+%type  <leaf>	identifier
+
+
+/*********************/
+/* B 1.2 - Constants */
+/*********************/
+%type <leaf>	constant
+/* a helper symbol for expression */
+%type  <leaf> non_negative_constant
+
+
+/******************************/
+/* B 1.2.1 - Numeric Literals */
+/******************************/
+/* Done totally within flex...
+  bit
+*/
+%type  <leaf> numeric_literal
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_constant */
+%type  <leaf> non_negative_numeric_literal
+%type  <leaf> integer_literal
+%type  <leaf> signed_integer
+/* a helper symbol for non_negative_constant */
+%type  <leaf> non_negative_signed_integer
+%token <ID>   integer_token
+%type  <leaf> integer
+%token <ID>   binary_integer_token
+%type  <leaf> binary_integer
+%token <ID>   octal_integer_token
+%type  <leaf> octal_integer
+%token <ID>   hex_integer_token
+%type  <leaf> hex_integer
+%token <ID>   real_token
+%type  <leaf> real
+%type  <leaf> signed_real
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_real_literal */
+%type  <leaf> non_negative_signed_real
+%type  <leaf> real_literal
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_numeric_literal */
+%type  <leaf> non_negative_real_literal
+// %type  <leaf> exponent
+%type  <leaf> bit_string_literal
+%type  <leaf> boolean_literal
+
+%token FALSE
+%token TRUE
+
+
+/*******************************/
+/* B 1.2.2 - Character Strings */
+/*******************************/
+%token <ID>   single_byte_character_string_token
+%token <ID>   double_byte_character_string_token
+
+%type  <leaf> character_string
+%type  <leaf> single_byte_character_string
+%type  <leaf> double_byte_character_string
+
+
+/***************************/
+/* B 1.2.3 - Time Literals */
+/***************************/
+%type  <leaf> time_literal
+
+
+/************************/
+/* B 1.2.3.1 - Duration */
+/************************/
+%type  <leaf>	duration
+%type  <leaf>	interval
+%type  <leaf>	days
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point
+%type  <leaf>	hours
+%type  <leaf>	minutes
+%type  <leaf>	seconds
+%type  <leaf>	milliseconds
+
+%type  <leaf>	integer_d
+%type  <leaf>	integer_h
+%type  <leaf>	integer_m
+%type  <leaf>	integer_s
+%type  <leaf>	integer_ms
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point_d
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point_h
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point_m
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point_s
+%type  <leaf>	fixed_point_ms
+
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_token
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_d_token
+%token <ID>	integer_d_token
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_h_token
+%token <ID>	integer_h_token
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_m_token
+%token <ID>	integer_m_token
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_s_token
+%token <ID>	integer_s_token
+%token <ID>	fixed_point_ms_token
+%token <ID>	integer_ms_token
+
+%token TIME
+%token T_SHARP
+
+
+/************************************/
+/* B 1.2.3.2 - Time of day and Date */
+/************************************/
+%type  <leaf>	time_of_day
+%type  <leaf>	daytime
+%type  <leaf>	day_hour
+%type  <leaf>	day_minute
+%type  <leaf>	day_second
+%type  <leaf>	date
+%type  <leaf>	date_literal
+%type  <leaf>	year
+%type  <leaf>	month
+%type  <leaf>	day
+%type  <leaf>	date_and_time
+
+%token TIME_OF_DAY
+%token DATE
+%token D_SHARP
+%token DATE_AND_TIME
+
+
+/**********************/
+/* B 1.3 - Data Types */
+/**********************/
+/* Strangely, the following symbol does seem to be required! */
+// %type  <leaf> data_type_name
+%type  <leaf> non_generic_type_name
+
+
+/***********************************/
+/* B 1.3.1 - Elementary Data Types */
+/***********************************/
+/* NOTES:
+ *
+ *    - To make the definition of bit_string_literal more
+ *      concise, it is useful to use an extra non-terminal
+ *      symbol (i.e. a grouping or construct) that groups the
+ *      following elements (BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD).
+ *      Note that the definition of bit_string_type_name
+ *      (according to the spec) includes the above elements
+ *      and an extra BOOL.
+ *      We could use an extra construct with the first four
+ *      elements to be used solely in the definition of
+ *      bit_string_literal, but with the objective of not
+ *      having to replicate the actions (if we ever need
+ *      to change them, they would need to be changed in both
+ *      bit_string_type_name and the extra grouping), we
+ *      have re-defined bit_string_type_name as only including
+ *      the first four elements.
+ *      In order to have our parser implement the specification
+ *      correctly we have augmented every occurence of
+ *      bit_string_type_name in other rules with the BOOL
+ *      token. Since bit_string_type_name only appears in
+ *      the rule for elementary_type_name, this does not
+ *      seem to be a big concession to make!
+ *
+ *    - We have added a helper symbol to concentrate the
+ *      instantiation of STRING and WSTRING into a single
+ *      location (elementary_string_type_name).
+ *      These two elements show up in several other rules,
+ *      but we want to create the equivalent abstract syntax
+ *      in a single location of this file, in order to make
+ *      possible future changes easier to edit...
+ */
+%type  <leaf>	elementary_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	numeric_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	integer_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	signed_integer_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	unsigned_integer_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	real_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	date_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	bit_string_type_name
+/* helper symbol to concentrate the instantiation
+ * of STRING and WSTRING into a single location
+ */
+%type  <leaf>	elementary_string_type_name
+
+%token BYTE
+%token WORD
+%token DWORD
+%token LWORD
+
+%token LREAL
+%token REAL
+
+%token SINT
+%token INT
+%token DINT
+%token LINT
+
+%token USINT
+%token UINT
+%token UDINT
+%token ULINT
+
+%token WSTRING
+%token STRING
+%token BOOL
+
+%token TIME
+%token DATE
+%token DATE_AND_TIME
+%token DT
+%token TIME_OF_DAY
+%token TOD
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.3.2 - Generic data types */
+/********************************/
+/* Strangely, the following symbol does seem to be required! */
+// %type  <leaf>	generic_type_name
+
+/* The following tokens do not seem to be used either
+ * but we declare them so they become reserved words...
+ */
+%token ANY
+%token ANY_DERIVED
+%token ANY_ELEMENTARY
+%token ANY_MAGNITUDE
+%token ANY_NUM
+%token ANY_REAL
+%token ANY_INT
+%token ANY_BIT
+%token ANY_STRING
+%token ANY_DATE
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.3.3 - Derived data types */
+/********************************/
+%type  <leaf>	derived_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	single_element_type_name
+// %type  <leaf>	simple_type_name
+// %type  <leaf>	subrange_type_name
+// %type  <leaf>	enumerated_type_name
+// %type  <leaf>	array_type_name
+// %type  <leaf>	structure_type_name
+
+%type  <leaf>	data_type_declaration
+/* helper symbol for data_type_declaration */
+%type  <list>	type_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	single_element_type_declaration
+
+%type  <leaf>	simple_type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	simple_spec_init
+%type  <leaf>	simple_specification
+
+%type  <leaf>	subrange_type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	subrange_spec_init
+%type  <leaf>	subrange_specification
+%type  <leaf>	subrange
+
+%type  <leaf>	enumerated_type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	enumerated_spec_init
+%type  <leaf>	enumerated_specification
+/* helper symbol for enumerated_value */
+%type  <list>	enumerated_value_list
+%type  <leaf>	enumerated_value
+
+%type  <leaf>	array_type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	array_spec_init
+%type  <leaf>	array_specification
+/* helper symbol for array_specification */
+%type  <list>	array_subrange_list
+%type  <leaf>	array_initialization
+/* helper symbol for array_initialization */
+%type  <list>	array_initial_elements_list
+%type  <leaf>	array_initial_elements
+%type  <leaf>	array_initial_element
+
+%type  <leaf>	structure_type_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	structure_specification
+%type  <leaf>	initialized_structure
+%type  <leaf>	structure_declaration
+/* helper symbol for structure_declaration */
+%type  <list>	structure_element_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	structure_element_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	structure_element_name
+%type  <leaf>	structure_initialization
+/* helper symbol for structure_initialization */
+%type  <list>	structure_element_initialization_list
+%type  <leaf>	structure_element_initialization
+
+//%type  <leaf>	string_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	string_type_declaration
+/* helper symbol for string_type_declaration */
+%type  <leaf>	string_type_declaration_size
+/* helper symbol for string_type_declaration */
+%type  <leaf>	string_type_declaration_init
+
+%token ASSIGN
+%token DOTDOT  /* ".." */
+%token TYPE
+%token END_TYPE
+%token ARRAY
+%token OF
+%token STRUCT
+%token END_STRUCT
+
+
+
+/*********************/
+/* B 1.4 - Variables */
+/*********************/
+%type  <leaf>	variable
+%type  <leaf>	symbolic_variable
+/* helper symbol for prog_cnxn */
+%type  <leaf>	any_symbolic_variable
+%type  <leaf>	variable_name
+
+
+
+
+/********************************************/
+/* B.1.4.1   Directly Represented Variables */
+/********************************************/
+/* Done totally within flex...
+ location_prefix
+ size_prefix
+*/
+%token <ID>	direct_variable_token
+%type  <leaf>	direct_variable
+
+
+/*************************************/
+/* B.1.4.2   Multi-element Variables */
+/*************************************/
+%type  <leaf>	multi_element_variable
+/* helper symbol for any_symbolic_variable */
+%type  <leaf>	any_multi_element_variable
+%type  <leaf>	array_variable
+/* helper symbol for any_symbolic_variable */
+%type  <leaf>	any_array_variable
+%type  <leaf>	subscripted_variable
+/* helper symbol for any_symbolic_variable */
+%type  <leaf>	any_subscripted_variable
+%type  <list>	subscript_list
+%type  <leaf>	subscript
+%type  <leaf>	structured_variable
+/* helper symbol for any_symbolic_variable */
+%type  <leaf>	any_structured_variable
+%type  <leaf>	record_variable
+/* helper symbol for any_symbolic_variable */
+%type  <leaf>	any_record_variable
+%type  <leaf>	field_selector
+
+
+/******************************************/
+/* B 1.4.3 - Declaration & Initialisation */
+/******************************************/
+%type  <leaf>	input_declarations
+/* helper symbol for input_declarations */
+%type  <list>	input_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	input_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	edge_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	var_init_decl
+%type  <leaf>	var1_init_decl
+%type  <list>	var1_list
+%type  <leaf>	array_var_init_decl
+%type  <leaf>	structured_var_init_decl
+%type  <leaf>	fb_name_decl
+/* helper symbol for fb_name_decl */
+%type  <list>	fb_name_list_with_colon
+/* helper symbol for fb_name_list_with_colon */
+%type  <list>	var1_list_with_colon
+// %type  <list>	fb_name_list
+// %type  <leaf>	fb_name
+%type  <leaf>	output_declarations
+%type  <leaf>	input_output_declarations
+/* helper symbol for input_output_declarations */
+%type  <list>	var_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	temp_var_decl
+%type  <leaf>	var1_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	array_var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	structured_var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	var_declarations
+%type  <leaf>	retentive_var_declarations
+%type  <leaf>	located_var_declarations
+/* helper symbol for located_var_declarations */
+%type  <list>	located_var_decl_list
+%type  <leaf>	located_var_decl
+%type  <leaf>	external_var_declarations
+/* helper symbol for external_var_declarations */
+%type  <list>	external_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	external_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	global_var_name
+%type  <leaf>	global_var_declarations
+/* helper symbol for global_var_declarations */
+%type  <list>	global_var_decl_list
+%type  <leaf>	global_var_decl
+%type  <leaf>	global_var_spec
+%type  <leaf>	located_var_spec_init
+%type  <leaf>	location
+%type  <list>	global_var_list
+%type  <leaf>	string_var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	single_byte_string_var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	single_byte_string_spec
+%type  <leaf>	double_byte_string_var_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	double_byte_string_spec
+%type  <leaf>	incompl_located_var_declarations
+/* helper symbol for incompl_located_var_declarations */
+%type  <list>	incompl_located_var_decl_list
+%type  <leaf>	incompl_located_var_decl
+%type  <leaf>	incompl_location
+%type  <leaf>	var_spec
+/* helper symbol for var_spec */
+%type  <leaf>	string_spec
+/* intermediate helper symbol for:
+ *  - non_retentive_var_decls
+ *  - output_declarations
+ */
+%type  <list>	var_init_decl_list
+
+%token  <ID>	incompl_location_token
+
+%token VAR_INPUT
+%token VAR_OUTPUT
+%token VAR_IN_OUT
+%token VAR_EXTERNAL
+%token VAR_GLOBAL
+%token END_VAR
+%token RETAIN
+%token NON_RETAIN
+%token R_EDGE
+%token F_EDGE
+%token AT
+
+
+/***********************/
+/* B 1.5.1 - Functions */
+/***********************/
+//%type  <leaf>	function_name
+/* helper symbol for IL language */
+%type  <leaf>	function_name_no_clashes
+%type  <leaf>	function_name_simpleop_clashes
+//%type  <leaf>	function_name_expression_clashes
+/* helper symbols for ST language */
+//%type  <leaf>	function_name_NOT_clashes
+%type  <leaf>	function_name_no_NOT_clashes
+
+//%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name
+/* helper symbols for IL language */
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name_no_clashes
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name_simpleop_clashes
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name_expression_clashes
+/* helper symbols for ST language */
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name_NOT_clashes
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_name_no_NOT_clashes
+
+%type  <leaf>	derived_function_name
+%type  <leaf>	function_declaration
+/* helper symbol for function_declaration */
+%type  <leaf>	function_name_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	io_var_declarations
+%type  <leaf>	function_var_decls
+%type  <leaf>	function_body
+%type  <leaf>	var2_init_decl
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_declaration */
+%type  <list>	io_OR_function_var_declarations_list
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_var_decls */
+%type  <list>	var2_init_decl_list
+
+%token <ID>	standard_function_name_token
+
+%token FUNCTION
+%token END_FUNCTION
+%token CONSTANT
+
+
+/*****************************/
+/* B 1.5.2 - Function Blocks */
+/*****************************/
+%type  <leaf>	function_block_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	standard_function_block_name
+%type  <leaf>	derived_function_block_name
+%type  <leaf>	function_block_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	other_var_declarations
+%type  <leaf>	temp_var_decls
+%type  <leaf>	non_retentive_var_decls
+%type  <leaf>	function_block_body
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_declaration */
+%type  <list>	io_OR_other_var_declarations_list
+/* intermediate helper symbol for temp_var_decls */
+%type  <list>	temp_var_decls_list
+
+%token <ID>	standard_function_block_name_token
+
+%token FUNCTION_BLOCK
+%token END_FUNCTION_BLOCK
+%token VAR_TEMP
+%token END_VAR
+%token VAR
+%token NON_RETAIN
+%token END_VAR
+
+
+/**********************/
+/* B 1.5.3 - Programs */
+/**********************/
+%type  <leaf>	program_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	program_declaration
+/* helper symbol for program_declaration */
+%type  <list>	program_var_declarations_list
+
+%token PROGRAM
+%token END_PROGRAM
+
+
+/********************************************/
+/* B 1.6 Sequential Function Chart elements */
+/********************************************/
+/* TODO */
+/*
+%type  <list>	sequential_function_chart
+%type  <leaf>	sfc_network
+%type  <leaf>	initial_step
+%type  <leaf>	step
+%type  <leaf>	action_association_list
+%type  <leaf>	step_name
+%type  <leaf>	action_association
+/* helper symbol for action_association *
+%type  <list>	indicator_name_list
+%type  <leaf>	action_name
+%type  <leaf>	action_qualifier
+%type  <leaf>	timed_qualifier
+%type  <leaf>	action_time
+%type  <leaf>	indicator_name
+%type  <leaf>	transition
+%type  <leaf>	steps
+%type  <list>	step_name_list
+%type  <leaf>	transition_condition
+%type  <leaf>	action
+*/
+
+%token ASSIGN
+%token ACTION
+%token END_ACTION
+
+%token TRANSITION
+%token END_TRANSITION
+%token FROM
+%token TO
+%token PRIORITY
+
+%token INITIAL_STEP
+%token STEP
+%token END_STEP
+
+%token L
+%token D
+%token SD
+%token DS
+%token SL
+
+%token N
+%token P
+/* NOTE: the following two clash with the R and S IL operators.
+ * It will have to be handled when we include parsing of SFC...
+ */
+/*
+%token R
+%token S
+*/
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.7 Configuration elements */
+/********************************/
+%type  <leaf>	configuration_name
+%type  <leaf>	resource_type_name
+%type  <leaf>	configuration_declaration
+// helper symbol for
+//  - configuration_declaration
+//  - resource_declaration
+//
+%type  <leaf>	optional_global_var_declarations
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	optional_access_declarations
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	optional_instance_specific_initializations
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration
+%type  <list>	resource_declaration_list
+%type  <leaf>	resource_declaration
+%type  <leaf>	single_resource_declaration
+// helper symbol for single_resource_declaration
+%type  <list>	task_configuration_list
+// helper symbol for single_resource_declaration
+%type  <list>	program_configuration_list
+%type  <leaf>	resource_name
+// %type  <leaf>	access_declarations
+// helper symbol for access_declarations
+// %type  <leaf>	access_declaration_list
+// %type  <leaf>	access_declaration
+// %type  <leaf>	access_path
+// helper symbol for access_path
+%type  <list>	any_fb_name_list
+%type  <leaf>	global_var_reference
+// %type  <leaf>	access_name
+%type  <leaf>	program_output_reference
+%type  <leaf>	program_name
+// %type  <leaf>	direction
+%type  <leaf>	task_configuration
+%type  <leaf>	task_name
+%type  <leaf>	task_initialization
+%type  <leaf>	data_source
+%type  <leaf>	program_configuration
+// helper symbol for program_configuration
+%type  <leaf>	optional_task_name
+// helper symbol for program_configuration
+%type  <leaf>	optional_prog_conf_elements
+%type  <list>	prog_conf_elements
+%type  <leaf>	prog_conf_element
+%type  <leaf>	fb_task
+%type  <leaf>	prog_cnxn
+%type  <leaf>	prog_data_source
+%type  <leaf>	data_sink
+%type  <leaf>	instance_specific_initializations
+// helper symbol for instance_specific_initializations
+%type  <list>	instance_specific_init_list
+%type  <leaf>	instance_specific_init
+// helper symbol for instance_specific_init
+%type  <leaf>	fb_initialization
+
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_global_var_name
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_global_var_name_token
+
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_program_name
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_program_name_token
+
+%type  <leaf>	prev_declared_resource_name
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_resource_name_token
+
+%token  <ID>	prev_declared_configuration_name_token
+
+// %type  <leaf>	prev_declared_task_name
+// %token  <ID>	prev_declared_task_name_token
+
+%token CONFIGURATION
+%token END_CONFIGURATION
+%token TASK
+%token RESOURCE
+%token ON
+%token END_RESOURCE
+%token VAR_CONFIG
+%token VAR_ACCESS
+%token END_VAR
+%token WITH
+%token PROGRAM
+%token RETAIN
+%token NON_RETAIN
+%token PRIORITY
+%token SINGLE
+%token INTERVAL
+%token READ_WRITE
+%token READ_ONLY
+
+
+/***********************************/
+/* B 2.1 Instructions and Operands */
+/***********************************/
+%type  <list>	instruction_list
+%type  <leaf>	il_instruction
+%type  <leaf>	il_incomplete_instruction
+%type  <leaf>	label
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operation
+// helper symbol for il_simple_operation
+%type <double_symbol> il_simple_operator_clash_il_operand
+%type  <leaf>	il_expression
+%type  <leaf>	il_jump_operation
+%type  <leaf>	il_fb_call
+%type  <leaf>	il_formal_funct_call
+// helper symbol for il_formal_funct_call
+%type  <leaf> il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list
+%type  <leaf>	il_operand
+%type  <list>	il_operand_list
+%type  <list>	simple_instr_list
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_instruction
+%type  <list>	il_param_list
+%type  <list>	il_param_instruction_list
+%type  <leaf>	il_param_instruction
+%type  <leaf>	il_param_last_instruction
+%type  <leaf>	il_param_assignment
+%type  <leaf>	il_param_out_assignment
+
+%token EOL
+
+
+/*******************/
+/* B 2.2 Operators */
+/*******************/
+%token <ID>	sendto_identifier_token
+%type  <leaf>	sendto_identifier
+
+%type  <leaf>	LD_operator
+%type  <leaf>	LDN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	ST_operator
+%type  <leaf>	STN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	NOT_operator
+%type  <leaf>	S_operator
+%type  <leaf>	R_operator
+%type  <leaf>	S1_operator
+%type  <leaf>	R1_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CLK_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CU_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CD_operator
+%type  <leaf>	PV_operator
+%type  <leaf>	IN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	PT_operator
+%type  <leaf>	AND_operator
+%type  <leaf>	AND2_operator
+%type  <leaf>	OR_operator
+%type  <leaf>	XOR_operator
+%type  <leaf>	ANDN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	ANDN2_operator
+%type  <leaf>	ORN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	XORN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	ADD_operator
+%type  <leaf>	SUB_operator
+%type  <leaf>	MUL_operator
+%type  <leaf>	DIV_operator
+%type  <leaf>	MOD_operator
+%type  <leaf>	GT_operator
+%type  <leaf>	GE_operator
+%type  <leaf>	EQ_operator
+%type  <leaf>	LT_operator
+%type  <leaf>	LE_operator
+%type  <leaf>	NE_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CAL_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CALC_operator
+%type  <leaf>	CALCN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	RET_operator
+%type  <leaf>	RETC_operator
+%type  <leaf>	RETCN_operator
+%type  <leaf>	JMP_operator
+%type  <leaf>	JMPC_operator
+%type  <leaf>	JMPCN_operator
+
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operator_clash
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operator_clash1
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operator_clash2
+%type  <leaf>	il_simple_operator_noclash
+
+//%type  <leaf>	il_expr_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_expr_operator_clash
+%type  <leaf>	il_expr_operator_noclash
+
+%type  <leaf>	il_assign_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_assign_out_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_call_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_return_operator
+%type  <leaf>	il_jump_operator
+
+
+%token LD
+%token LDN
+%token ST
+%token STN
+%token NOT
+%token S
+%token R
+%token S1
+%token R1
+%token CLK
+%token CU
+%token CD
+%token PV
+%token IN
+%token PT
+%token AND
+%token AND2  /* character '&' in the source code*/
+%token OR
+%token XOR
+%token ANDN
+%token ANDN2 /* characters '&N' in the source code */
+%token ORN
+%token XORN
+%token ADD
+%token SUB
+%token MUL
+%token DIV
+%token MOD
+%token GT
+%token GE
+%token EQ
+%token LT
+%token LE
+%token NE
+%token CAL
+%token CALC
+%token CALCN
+%token RET
+%token RETC
+%token RETCN
+%token JMP
+%token JMPC
+%token JMPCN
+
+%token SENDTO   /* "=>" */
+
+
+/***********************/
+/* B 3.1 - Expressions */
+/***********************/
+/* NOTE:
+ *
+ *    - unary_operator, multiply_operator,
+ *      add_operator and comparison_operator
+ *      are not required. Their values are integrated
+ *      directly into other rules...
+ */
+%type  <leaf>	expression
+%type  <leaf>	xor_expression
+%type  <leaf>	and_expression
+%type  <leaf>	comparison
+%type  <leaf>	equ_expression
+// %type  <leaf>	comparison_operator
+%type  <leaf>	add_expression
+// %type  <leaf>	add_operator
+%type  <leaf>	term
+// %type  <leaf>	multiply_operator
+%type  <leaf>	power_expression
+%type  <leaf>	unary_expression
+// %type  <leaf>	unary_operator
+%type  <leaf>	primary_expression
+/* intermediate helper symbol for primary_expression */
+%type  <leaf>	function_invocation
+
+%token AND
+%token XOR
+%token OR
+%token MOD
+%token NOT
+%token OPER_NE
+%token OPER_GE
+%token OPER_LE
+%token OPER_EXP
+
+
+/********************/
+/* B 3.2 Statements */
+/********************/
+%type <list> statement_list
+%type <leaf> statement
+
+
+
+/*********************************/
+/* B 3.2.1 Assignment Statements */
+/*********************************/
+%type <leaf> assignment_statement
+%token ASSIGN   /* ":=" */
+
+
+/*****************************************/
+/* B 3.2.2 Subprogram Control Statements */
+/*****************************************/
+%type <leaf>	subprogram_control_statement
+%type <leaf>	return_statement
+%type <leaf>	fb_invocation
+%type <leaf>	param_assignment
+/* helper symbol for fb_invocation */
+%type <list> param_assignment_list
+
+%token ASSIGN
+%token SENDTO   /* "=>" */
+%token RETURN
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 3.2.3 Selection Statements */
+/********************************/
+%type <leaf>	selection_statement
+%type <leaf>	if_statement
+%type <leaf>	case_statement
+%type <leaf>	case_element
+%type <list>	case_list
+%type <leaf>	case_list_element
+/* helper symbol for if_statement */
+%type <list>	elseif_statement_list
+/* helper symbol for elseif_statement_list */
+%type <leaf>	elseif_statement
+/* helper symbol for case_statement */
+%type <list>	case_element_list
+
+%token IF
+%token THEN
+%token ELSIF
+%token ELSE
+%token END_IF
+
+%token CASE
+%token OF
+%token ELSE
+%token END_CASE
+
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 3.2.4 Iteration Statements */
+/********************************/
+%type <leaf>	iteration_statement
+%type <leaf>	for_statement
+%type <leaf>	control_variable
+%type <leaf>	while_statement
+%type <leaf>	repeat_statement
+%type <leaf>	exit_statement
+/* Integrated directly into for_statement */
+// %type <leaf>	for_list
+
+%token FOR
+%token ASSIGN
+%token TO
+%token BY
+%token DO
+%token END_FOR
+
+%token WHILE
+%token DO
+%token END_WHILE
+
+%token REPEAT
+%token UNTIL
+%token END_REPEAT
+
+%token EXIT
+
+%%
+
+
+
+
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+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
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+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+/********************************************************/
+
+
+
+
+
+/*****************************/
+/* Prelimenary constructs... */
+/*****************************/
+start:
+  library	{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+/* the pragmas... */
+pragma:
+  pragma_token	{$$ = new pragma_c($1);}
+
+
+
+/* NOTE:
+ *       short version:
+ *       identifier is used for previously undeclared identifiers
+ *       any_identifier is used when any identifier, previously
+ *       declared or not, is required in the syntax.
+ *
+ *       long version:
+ *       When flex comes across an identifier, it first
+ *       searches through the currently declared variables,
+ *       functions, types, etc... to determine if it has
+ *       been previously declared.
+ *       Only if the identifier has not yet been declared
+ *       will it return an identifier_token (later turned into
+ *       an identifier symbol by the bison generated syntax parser).
+ *
+ *       Some constructs in the syntax, such as when calling
+ *       a function 'F(var1 := 1; var2 := 2);', will accept _any_
+ *       identifier in 'var1', even if it has been previously
+ *       declared in the current scope, since var1 belongs to
+ *       another scope (the variables declared in function F).
+ *
+ *       For the above reason, we need to define the symbol
+ *       any_identifier. All the symbols that may become an
+ *       any_identifier are expected to be stored in the
+ *       abstract syntax as a identifier_c
+ */
+/* NOTE:
+ *  Type names, function names, function block type names and
+ *  program type names are considerd keywords once they are defined,
+ *  so may no longer be used for variable names!
+ *  BUT the spec is confusing on this issue, as it is not clear when
+ *  a function name should be considered as defined. If it is to be
+ *  considered defined only from the location from where it is declared
+ *  and onwards, it means that before it is declared its name may be
+ *  used for variable names!
+ *  This means that we must allow names previously used for functions
+ *  (et. al.) to also constitue an any_identifier!
+ */
+any_identifier:
+  identifier
+| prev_declared_fb_name
+| prev_declared_variable_name
+/**/
+| prev_declared_enumerated_type_name
+| prev_declared_simple_type_name
+| prev_declared_subrange_type_name
+| prev_declared_array_type_name
+| prev_declared_structure_type_name
+| prev_declared_string_type_name
+| prev_declared_derived_function_name
+| prev_declared_derived_function_block_name
+| prev_declared_program_type_name
+/**/
+| prev_declared_resource_name
+| prev_declared_program_name
+| prev_declared_global_var_name
+;
+
+
+
+
+prev_declared_variable_name: prev_declared_variable_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_fb_name: prev_declared_fb_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+prev_declared_simple_type_name: prev_declared_simple_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_subrange_type_name: prev_declared_subrange_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_enumerated_type_name: prev_declared_enumerated_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_array_type_name: prev_declared_array_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_structure_type_name: prev_declared_structure_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_string_type_name: prev_declared_string_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+prev_declared_derived_function_name: prev_declared_derived_function_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_derived_function_block_name: prev_declared_derived_function_block_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_program_type_name: prev_declared_program_type_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+
+
+
+
+/***************************/
+/* B 0 - Programming Model */
+/***************************/
+library:
+  /* empty */
+	{if (tree_root == NULL)
+	  tree_root = new library_c();
+	 $$ = (list_c *)tree_root;
+	}
+| library library_element_declaration
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| library error
+	{$$ = NULL;
+	 print_err_msg(current_filename, @2.last_line, "unknown error.");
+	 /* yychar */
+	 yyerrok;
+	}
+;
+
+
+library_element_declaration:
+  data_type_declaration
+| function_declaration
+| function_block_declaration
+| program_declaration
+| configuration_declaration
+;
+
+
+
+/*******************************************/
+/* B 1.1 - Letters, digits and identifiers */
+/*******************************************/
+/* NOTE: the spec defines identifier as:
+ *         identifier ::= (letter|('_' (letter|digit))) {['_'] (letter|digit)}
+ *       In essence, any sequence of letters or digits, starting with a letter
+ *       or '_'.
+ *
+ *       On section 2.1.3 (pg 26) , the spec states
+ *       "The keywords listed in annex C shall not be used for any other purpose,
+ *         e.g., variable names or extensions as defined in 1.5.1."
+ *       (NOTE: the spec itself does not follow this rule, as it defines standard
+ *       functions with names identidal to keywords, e.g. 'MOD', 'NOT' !!. This is
+ *       another issue altogether, and is worked around somewhere else...)
+ *
+ *       This means that we must re-define indentifier so as to exclude
+ *       any keywords defined in annex C.
+ *
+ *       Note also that the list includes
+ *          - Data type names
+ *          - Function names
+ *          - Function Block names
+ *       This means that any named used for a function name, data type name
+ *       or function block name, essentially becomes a keyword, and may therefore
+ *       no longer be re-used for any other use! (see NOTE 2)
+ *
+ *       In our case, excluding the keywords is achieved in the lexical parser,
+ *       by two mechanisms:
+ *         (1) giving higher priority to the keywords (tokens) than to identifiers,
+ *             so when the lexical parser finds a keyword it will be parsed as a
+ *             token before being parsed as an identifier.
+ *         (2) when an identifier is found that is not a keyword, the lexical parser
+ *             then looks in the global symbol table, and will not return an identifier
+ *             if the name has been previously used as a data type name, function name,
+ *             or function block name! (In these cases it will return a
+ *             prev_declared_function_name_token, etc...).
+ *
+ *       Unfortunately, the language (especially IL) uses tokens that are
+ *       not defined as keywords in the spec (e.g. 'IN', 'R1', 'S1', 'PT', etc...)!
+ *       This means that it is valid to name a function 'IN', a variable 'PT', etc...
+ *       BUT, the lexical parser will interpret these names as tokens (keywords).
+ *       To allow these names to be used as function names, variable names, etc...,
+ *       I (Mario) have augmented the definition of identifier to also include the tokens
+ *       that are not explicitly defined as keywords in the spec!!
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * NOTE 2:
+ *         I (Mario) find it strange that the writers of the spec really want
+ *         names previously used for function names, data type names or function
+ *         block names, to become full fledged keywords. I understand that they
+ *         do not want these names being used as variable names, but how about
+ *         enumeration values? How about structure element names?
+ *         If we interpret the spec literally, these would not be accepted,
+ *         which would probably burden the programmer quite a bit, in making sure
+ *         all these name don't clash!
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * NOTE 3: The keywords, as specified in Annex C are...
+ *
+ *          - Data type names
+ *          - Function names
+ *          - Function Block names
+ *          - ACTION...END_ACTION
+ *          - ARRAY...OF
+ *          - AT
+ *          - CASE...OF...ELSE...END_CASE
+ *          - CONFIGURATION...END_CONFIGURATION
+ *          - CONSTANT
+ *          - EN, ENO
+ *          - EXIT
+ *          - FALSE
+ *          - F_EDGE
+ *          - FOR...TO...BY...DO...END_FOR
+ *          - FUNCTION...END_FUNCTION
+ *          - FUNCTION_BLOCK...END_FUNCTION_BLOCK
+ *          - IF...THEN...ELSIF...ELSE...END_IF
+ *          - INITIAL_STEP...END_STEP
+ *          - NOT, MOD, AND, XOR, OR
+ *          - PROGRAM...WITH...
+ *          - PROGRAM...END_PROGRAM
+ *          - R_EDGE
+ *          - READ_ONLY, READ_WRITE
+ *          - REPEAT...UNTIL...END_REPEAT
+ *          - RESOURCE...ON...END_RESOURCE
+ *          - RETAIN, NON_RETAIN
+ *          - RETURN
+ *          - STEP...END_STEP
+ *          - STRUCT...END_STRUCT
+ *          - TASK
+ *          - TRANSITION...FROM...TO...END_TRANSITION
+ *          - TRUE
+ *          - TYPE...END_TYPE
+ *          - VAR...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_INPUT...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_OUTPUT...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_IN_OUT...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_TEMP...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_EXTERNAL...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_ACCESS...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_CONFIG...END_VAR
+ *          - VAR_GLOBAL...END_VAR
+ *          - WHILE...DO...END_WHILE
+ *          - WITH
+ */
+
+identifier:
+  identifier_token	{$$ = new identifier_c($1);}
+/*  Make sure that all tokens (names) not defined as keywords are included here...
+ * I (Mario) have already done this, but if any changes are made to this file,
+ * this list MUST be kept consistent!!
+ */
+/**/
+| PRIORITY		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("PRIORITY"));}
+| SINGLE		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("SINGLE"));}
+| INTERVAL		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("INTERVAL"));}
+/**/
+| LD_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| LDN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| ST_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| STN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| S_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| R_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| S1_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| R1_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CLK_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CU_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CD_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| PV_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| IN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| PT_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| ANDN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+/* NOTE: ANDN2_operator corresponds to the string '&N' in the source code!
+ *       This is __not__ a valid name, so it is omitted from this list!!
+ *| ANDN2_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+ */
+/* NOTE: 'AND' is a keyword, so should not appear on this list... */
+| ORN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| XORN_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| ADD_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| SUB_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| MUL_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| DIV_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| GT_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| GE_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| EQ_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| LT_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| LE_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| NE_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CAL_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CALC_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| CALCN_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| RET_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| RETC_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| RETCN_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| JMP_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| JMPC_operator		{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| JMPCN_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+/**/
+| L		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("L"));}
+| D		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("D"));}
+| SD		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("SD"));}
+| DS		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("DS"));}
+| SL		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("SL"));}
+| N		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("N"));}
+/* NOTE: the following two clash with the R and S IL operators.
+ * It will have to be handled when we include parsing of SFC...
+ */
+/*
+| R		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("R"));}
+| S		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("S"));}
+*/
+| P		{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("P"));}
+
+;
+
+/*********************/
+/* B 1.2 - Constants */
+/*********************/
+constant:
+  numeric_literal
+| character_string
+| time_literal
+| bit_string_literal
+| boolean_literal
+/* NOTE: in order to remove reduce/reduce conflicts,
+ * unsigned_integer, signed_integer, binary_integer, octal_integer
+ * and hex_integer have been integrated directly into
+ * the constants construct, instead of belonging to
+ * either the bit_string_literal or integer_literal
+ * construct.
+ */
+/* NOTE: unsigned_integer, although used in some
+ * rules, is not defined in the spec!
+ * We therefore replaced unsigned_integer as integer
+ */
+/*| integer {} */  /* i.e. an unsigned_integer */ /* NOTE: already included as a signed integer! */
+| signed_integer
+| binary_integer
+| octal_integer
+| hex_integer
+;
+
+/* a helper symbol for expression */
+/* A constant without any preceding '-', but may
+ * include a preceding '+' !
+ */
+non_negative_constant:
+  non_negative_numeric_literal
+| character_string
+| time_literal
+| bit_string_literal
+| boolean_literal
+| non_negative_signed_integer
+| binary_integer
+| octal_integer
+| hex_integer
+;
+
+
+
+/******************************/
+/* B 1.2.1 - Numeric Literals */
+/******************************/
+/* NOTES:
+ *
+ *    - integer is parsed by flex, but signed_integer
+ *      is parsed by bison. Flex cannot parse a signed
+ *      integer correctly!  For example: '123+456'
+ *      would be parsed by flex as an {integer} {signed_integer}
+ *      instead of {integer} '+' {integer}
+ *
+ *    - Neither flex nor bison can parse a real_literal
+ *      completely (and correctly).
+ *      Note that we cannot use the definition of real in bison as
+ *      real: signed_integer '.' integer [exponent]
+ *      exponent: {'E'|'e'} ['+'|'-'] integer
+ *      because 123e45 would be parsed by flex as
+ *      integer (123) identifier (e45).
+ *      I.e., flex never hands over an 'e' directly to
+ *      bison, but rather interprets it as an identifier.
+ *      I guess we could jump through hoops and get it
+ *      working in bison, but the following alternative
+ *      seems more straight forward...
+ *
+ *      We therefore had to break up the definition of
+ *      real_literal in discrete parts:
+ *      real_literal: [real_type_name '#'] singned_real
+ *      signed_real: ['+'|'-'] real
+ *      Flex handles real, while bison handles signed_real
+ *      and real_literal.
+ *
+ *    - According to the spec, intger '.' integer
+ *      may be reduced to either a real or a fixed_point.
+ *      It is nevertheless possible to figure out from the
+ *      context which of the two rules should be used in
+ *      the reduction.
+ *      Unfortunately, due to the issue described above
+ *      regarding the exponent of a real, the syntax
+ *      integer '.' integer
+ *      must be parsed by flex as a single token (i.e.
+ *      fixed_point_token). This means we must add fixed_point
+ *      to the definition of real!
+ *
+ *    - The syntax also uses a construct
+ *        fixed_point: integer ['.' integer]
+ *      Notice that real is not defined based on fixed point,
+ *      but rather off integer thus:
+ *        real: integer '.' integer [exponent]
+ *      This means that a real may not be composed of a single
+ *      integer, unlike the construct fixed_point!
+ *      This also means that a
+ *        integer '.' integer
+ *      could be reduced to either a real or a fixed_point
+ *      construct. It is probably possible to decide by looking
+ *      at the context, BUT:
+ *       Unfortunatley, due to the reasons explained way above,
+ *      a real (with an exponent) has to be handled by flex as a
+ *      whole. This means that we cannot leave to bison (the syntax
+ *      parser) the decision of how to reduce an
+ *        integer '.' integer
+ *      (either to real or to fixed_point)
+ *      The decision on how to reduce it would need to be done by
+ *      ther lexical analyser (i.e. flex). But flex cannot do this
+ *      sort of thing.
+ *      The solution I (Mario) adopted is to have flex return
+ *      a real_token on (notice that exponent is no longer optional)
+ *        integer '.' integer exponent
+ *      and to return a fixed_point_token when it finds
+ *        integer '.' integer
+ *      We now redefine real and fixed_point to be
+ *        fixed_point: fixed_point_token | integer
+ *        real: real_token | fixed_point_token
+ */
+real:
+  real_token		{$$ = new real_c($1);}
+| fixed_point_token	{$$ = new real_c($1);}
+;
+
+integer:	integer_token		{$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+binary_integer:	binary_integer_token	{$$ = new binary_integer_c($1);};
+octal_integer:	octal_integer_token	{$$ = new octal_integer_c($1);};
+hex_integer:	hex_integer_token	{$$ = new hex_integer_c($1);};
+
+numeric_literal:
+  integer_literal
+| real_literal
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_constant */
+non_negative_numeric_literal:
+  integer_literal
+| non_negative_real_literal
+;
+
+
+integer_literal:
+  integer_type_name '#' signed_integer
+	{$$ = new integer_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| integer_type_name '#' binary_integer
+	{$$ = new integer_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| integer_type_name '#' octal_integer
+	{$$ = new integer_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| integer_type_name '#' hex_integer
+	{$$ = new integer_literal_c($1, $3);}
+/* NOTE: see note in the definition of constant for reason
+ * why signed_integer, binary_integer, octal_integer
+ * and hex_integer are missing here!
+ */
+;
+
+signed_integer:
+  integer
+| '+' integer   {$$ = $2;}
+| '-' integer	{$$ = new neg_expression_c($2);}
+;
+
+/* a helper symbol for non_negative_constant */
+/* A integer without any preceding '-', but may
+ * include a preceding '+' !
+ */
+non_negative_signed_integer:
+  integer
+| '+' integer   {$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+
+real_literal:
+  signed_real
+| real_type_name '#' signed_real
+	{$$ = new real_literal_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_numeric_literal */
+non_negative_real_literal:
+  non_negative_signed_real
+| real_type_name '#' signed_real
+	{$$ = new real_literal_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+signed_real:
+  real
+| '+' real	{$$ = $2;}
+| '-' real	{$$ = new neg_expression_c($2);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for non_negative_real_literal */
+non_negative_signed_real:
+  real
+| '+' real	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+
+bit_string_literal:
+  bit_string_type_name '#' integer  /* i.e. unsigned_integer */
+	{$$ = new bit_string_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| bit_string_type_name '#' binary_integer
+	{$$ = new bit_string_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| bit_string_type_name '#' octal_integer
+	{$$ = new bit_string_literal_c($1, $3);}
+| bit_string_type_name '#' hex_integer
+	{$$ = new bit_string_literal_c($1, $3);}
+/* NOTE: see note in the definition of constant for reason
+ * why unsigned_integer, binary_integer, octal_integer
+ * and hex_integer are missing here!
+ */
+/* NOTE: see note under the B 1.2.1 section of token
+ * and grouping type definition for reason why the use of
+ * bit_string_type_name, although seemingly incorrect, is
+ * really correct here!
+ */
+;
+
+
+boolean_literal:
+  TRUE	{$$ = new boolean_literal_c(new bool_type_name_c(),
+  				    new boolean_true_c());}
+| FALSE	{$$ = new boolean_literal_c(new bool_type_name_c(),
+				    new boolean_false_c());}
+/*
+|	BOOL '#' '1' {}
+|	BOOL '#' '0' {}
+*/
+/* NOTE: the rules
+ * BOOL '#' '1'
+ * and
+ * BOOL '#' '0'
+ * do not work as expected...
+ * Consider that we are using 'BOOL' and '#' as tokens
+ * that flex hands over to bison (yacc). Because flex would
+ * then parse the single '1' or '0' as an integer,
+ * the rule in bison would have to be
+ * BOOL '#' integer, followed by verifying of the
+ * integer has the correct value!
+ *
+ * We therefore have flex return TRUE whenever it
+ * comes across 'TRUE' or 'BOOL#1', and FALSE whenever
+ * it comes across 'FALSE' or 'BOOL#0'.
+ * Note that this means that flex will parse "BOOL#01"
+ * as FALSE followed by an integer ('1').
+ * Bison should detect this as an error, so we should
+ * be OK.
+ *
+ * Another option would be to change the rules to accept
+ * BOOL '#' integer
+ * but then check whether the integer has a correct
+ * value! At the moment I feel that the first option
+ * is more straight forward.
+ */
+;
+
+
+
+/*******************************/
+/* B 1.2.2 - Character Strings */
+/*******************************/
+/* Transform the tokens given us by flex into leafs */
+single_byte_character_string:	single_byte_character_string_token
+	{$$ = new single_byte_character_string_c($1);};
+
+double_byte_character_string:	double_byte_character_string_token
+	{$$ = new double_byte_character_string_c($1);};
+
+
+character_string:
+  single_byte_character_string
+| double_byte_character_string
+;
+
+
+
+
+
+/***************************/
+/* B 1.2.3 - Time Literals */
+/***************************/
+time_literal:
+  time_of_day
+| date
+| date_and_time
+| duration
+;
+
+
+/************************/
+/* B 1.2.3.1 - Duration */
+/************************/
+duration:
+/*  (T | TIME) '#' ['-'] interval */
+/* NOTE: since TIME is also a data type, it is a keyword
+ *       and may therefore be handled by a token.
+ *
+ *       Unfortunately T is not a data type, and therefore
+ *       not a keyword. This means that we may have variables named T!
+ *       Flex cannot return the token TIME when it comes across a single T!
+ *
+ *       We therefore have flex returning the token T_SHARP
+ *       when it comes across 'T#'
+ */
+  TIME '#' interval
+	{$$ = new duration_c(NULL, $3);}
+| TIME '#' '-' interval
+	{$$ = new duration_c(new neg_time_c(), $4);}
+| T_SHARP interval
+	{$$ = new duration_c(NULL, $2);}
+| T_SHARP '-' interval
+	{$$ = new duration_c(new neg_time_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+
+interval:
+  days
+| hours
+| minutes
+| seconds
+| milliseconds
+;
+
+integer_d:  integer_d_token  {$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+integer_h:  integer_h_token  {$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+integer_m:  integer_m_token  {$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+integer_s:  integer_s_token  {$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+integer_ms: integer_ms_token {$$ = new integer_c($1);};
+
+fixed_point_d:
+  fixed_point_d_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer_d
+;
+
+fixed_point_h:
+  fixed_point_h_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer_h
+;
+
+fixed_point_m:
+  fixed_point_m_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer_m
+;
+
+fixed_point_s:
+  fixed_point_s_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer_s
+;
+
+fixed_point_ms:
+  fixed_point_ms_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer_ms
+;
+
+
+fixed_point:
+  fixed_point_token
+	{$$ = new fixed_point_c($1);}
+| integer
+;
+
+
+days:
+/*  fixed_point ('d') */
+  fixed_point_d
+	{$$ = new days_c($1, NULL);}
+/*| integer ('d') ['_'] hours */
+| integer_d hours
+	{$$ = new days_c($1, $2);}
+| integer_d '_' hours
+	{$$ = new days_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+hours:
+/*  fixed_point ('h') */
+  fixed_point_h
+	{$$ = new hours_c($1, NULL);}
+/*| integer ('h') ['_'] minutes */
+| integer_h minutes
+	{$$ = new hours_c($1, $2);}
+| integer_h '_' minutes
+	{$$ = new hours_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+minutes:
+/*  fixed_point ('m') */
+  fixed_point_m
+	{$$ = new minutes_c($1, NULL);}
+/*| integer ('m') ['_'] seconds */
+| integer_m seconds
+	{$$ = new minutes_c($1, $2);}
+| integer_m '_' seconds
+	{$$ = new minutes_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+seconds:
+/*  fixed_point ('s') */
+  fixed_point_s
+	{$$ = new seconds_c($1, NULL);}
+/*| integer ('s') ['_'] milliseconds */
+| integer_s milliseconds
+	{$$ = new seconds_c($1, $2);}
+| integer_s '_' milliseconds
+	{$$ = new seconds_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+milliseconds:
+/*  fixed_point ('ms') */
+  fixed_point_ms
+	{$$ = new milliseconds_c($1);}
+;
+
+
+
+/************************************/
+/* B 1.2.3.2 - Time of day and Date */
+/************************************/
+time_of_day:
+  TIME_OF_DAY '#' daytime
+	{$$ = new time_of_day_c($3);}
+;
+
+
+daytime:
+  day_hour ':' day_minute ':' day_second
+	{$$ = new daytime_c($1, $3, $5);}
+;
+
+
+day_hour: integer;
+day_minute: integer;
+day_second: fixed_point;
+
+
+date:
+  DATE '#' date_literal
+	{$$ = new date_c($3);}
+| D_SHARP date_literal
+	{$$ = new date_c($2);}
+;
+
+
+date_literal:
+  year '-' month '-' day
+	{$$ = new date_literal_c($1, $3, $5);}
+;
+
+
+year: integer;
+month: integer;
+day: integer;
+
+
+date_and_time:
+  DATE_AND_TIME '#' date_literal '-' daytime
+	{$$ = new date_and_time_c($3, $5);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/**********************/
+/* B 1.3 - Data Types */
+/**********************/
+/* Strangely, the following symbol does seem to be required! */
+/*
+data_type_name:
+  non_generic_type_name
+| generic_type_name
+;
+*/
+
+non_generic_type_name:
+  elementary_type_name
+| derived_type_name
+;
+
+
+
+/***********************************/
+/* B 1.3.1 - Elementary Data Types */
+/***********************************/
+elementary_type_name:
+  numeric_type_name
+| date_type_name
+| bit_string_type_name
+| elementary_string_type_name
+| TIME		{$$ = new time_type_name_c();}
+| BOOL		{$$ = new bool_type_name_c();}
+/* NOTE: see note under the B 1.2.1 section of token
+ * and grouping type definition for reason why BOOL
+ * was added to this definition.
+ */
+;
+
+numeric_type_name:
+  integer_type_name
+| real_type_name
+;
+
+integer_type_name:
+  signed_integer_type_name
+| unsigned_integer_type_name
+;
+
+signed_integer_type_name:
+  SINT	{$$ = new sint_type_name_c();}
+| INT	{$$ = new int_type_name_c();}
+| DINT	{$$ = new dint_type_name_c();}
+| LINT	{$$ = new lint_type_name_c();}
+;
+
+unsigned_integer_type_name:
+  USINT	{$$ = new usint_type_name_c();}
+| UINT	{$$ = new uint_type_name_c();}
+| UDINT	{$$ = new udint_type_name_c();}
+| ULINT	{$$ = new ulint_type_name_c();}
+;
+
+real_type_name:
+  REAL	{$$ = new real_type_name_c();}
+| LREAL	{$$ = new lreal_type_name_c();}
+;
+
+date_type_name:
+  DATE		{$$ = new date_type_name_c();}
+| TIME_OF_DAY	{$$ = new tod_type_name_c();}
+| TOD		{$$ = new tod_type_name_c();}
+| DATE_AND_TIME	{$$ = new dt_type_name_c();}
+| DT		{$$ = new dt_type_name_c();}
+;
+
+
+bit_string_type_name:
+  BYTE	{$$ = new byte_type_name_c();}
+| WORD	{$$ = new word_type_name_c();}
+| DWORD	{$$ = new dword_type_name_c();}
+| LWORD	{$$ = new lword_type_name_c();}
+/* NOTE: see note under the B 1.2.1 section of token
+ * and grouping type definition for reason why the BOOL
+ * was omitted from this definition.
+ */
+;
+
+
+/* Helper symbol to concentrate the instantiation
+ * of STRING and WSTRING into a single location.
+ *
+ * These two elements show up in several other rules,
+ * but we want to create the equivalent abstract syntax
+ * in a single location of this file, in order to make
+ * possible future changes easier to edit...
+ */
+elementary_string_type_name:
+  STRING	{$$ = new string_type_name_c();}
+| WSTRING	{$$ = new wstring_type_name_c();}
+;
+
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.3.2 - Generic data types */
+/********************************/
+/* Strangely, the following symbol does seem to be required! */
+/*
+generic_type_name:
+  ANY
+| ANY_DERIVED
+| ANY_ELEMENTARY
+| ANY_MAGNITUDE
+| ANY_NUM
+| ANY_REAL
+| ANY_INT
+| ANY_BIT
+| ANY_STRING
+| ANY_DATE
+;
+*/
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.3.3 - Derived data types */
+/********************************/
+
+derived_type_name:
+  single_element_type_name
+| prev_declared_array_type_name	{$$ = $1;}
+| prev_declared_structure_type_name	{$$ = $1;}
+| prev_declared_string_type_name	{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+single_element_type_name:
+  prev_declared_simple_type_name		{$$ = $1;}
+/* Include the following if arrays of function blocks are to be allowed!
+ * Since the standard does not allow them,
+ * we leave it commented out for the time being...
+ */
+//| prev_declared_derived_function_block_name	{$$ = $1;}
+| prev_declared_subrange_type_name		{$$ = $1;}
+| prev_declared_enumerated_type_name		{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+/* NOTE: in order to remove a reduce/reduce conflict,
+ *       all occurences of simple_type_name, etc...
+ *       have been replaced with identifier!
+ */
+/*
+simple_type_name: identifier;
+subrange_type_name: identifier;
+enumerated_type_name: identifier;
+array_type_name: identifier;
+structure_type_name: identifier;
+*/
+
+data_type_declaration:
+  TYPE type_declaration_list END_TYPE
+	{$$ = new data_type_declaration_c($2);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for data_type_declaration */
+type_declaration_list:
+  type_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = new type_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| type_declaration_list type_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+type_declaration:
+  single_element_type_declaration
+| array_type_declaration
+| structure_type_declaration
+| string_type_declaration
+;
+
+single_element_type_declaration:
+  simple_type_declaration
+| subrange_type_declaration
+| enumerated_type_declaration
+;
+
+simple_type_declaration:
+/*  simple_type_name ':' simple_spec_init */
+  identifier ':' simple_spec_init
+	{$$ = new simple_type_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_simple_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+simple_spec_init:
+  simple_specification
+  /* The following line was changed so that we wouldn't
+   * have the first element of a simple_spec_init_c()
+   * pointing to another simple_spec_init_c!
+   */
+/*
+| simple_specification ASSIGN constant
+	{$$ = new simple_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+*/
+| elementary_type_name ASSIGN constant
+	{$$ = new simple_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+| prev_declared_simple_type_name ASSIGN constant
+	{$$ = new simple_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* When converting to C/C++, we need to know whether
+ * the elementary_type_name is being used in a variable
+ * declaration or elsewhere (ex. declaration of a derived
+ * type), so the abstract syntax has the elementary_type_name
+ * wrapped inside a simple_spec_init_c.
+ * The exact same thing occurs with prev_declared_simple_type_name.
+ *
+ * This is why in the definition of simple_spec_init,
+ * simple_specification was brocken up into its
+ * constituent components...
+ */
+simple_specification:
+// elementary_type_name | simple_type_name
+  elementary_type_name
+	{$$ = new simple_spec_init_c($1, NULL);}
+| prev_declared_simple_type_name
+	{$$ = new simple_spec_init_c($1, NULL);}
+;
+
+
+subrange_type_declaration:
+/*  subrange_type_name ':' subrange_spec_init */
+  identifier ':' subrange_spec_init
+	{$$ = new subrange_type_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_subrange_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+subrange_spec_init:
+  subrange_specification
+	{$$ = new subrange_spec_init_c($1, NULL);}
+| subrange_specification ASSIGN signed_integer
+	{$$ = new subrange_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+subrange_specification:
+  integer_type_name '(' subrange')'
+	{$$ = new subrange_specification_c($1, $3);}
+| prev_declared_subrange_type_name	{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+
+subrange:
+  signed_integer DOTDOT signed_integer
+	{$$ = new subrange_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+enumerated_type_declaration:
+/*  enumerated_type_name ':' enumerated_spec_init */
+  identifier ':' enumerated_spec_init
+	{$$ = new enumerated_type_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_enumerated_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+enumerated_spec_init:
+  enumerated_specification
+	{$$ = new enumerated_spec_init_c($1, NULL);}
+| enumerated_specification ASSIGN enumerated_value
+	{$$ = new enumerated_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+enumerated_specification:
+  '(' enumerated_value_list ')'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+| prev_declared_enumerated_type_name	{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for enumerated_specification */
+enumerated_value_list:
+  enumerated_value
+	{$$ = new enumerated_value_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| enumerated_value_list ',' enumerated_value
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+enumerated_value:
+  identifier
+	{$$ = $1;}
+| prev_declared_enumerated_type_name '#' any_identifier
+	{$$ = new enumerated_value_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+array_type_declaration:
+/*  array_type_name ':' array_spec_init */
+  identifier ':' array_spec_init
+	{$$ = new array_type_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_array_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+array_spec_init:
+  array_specification
+	{$$ = new array_spec_init_c($1, NULL);}
+| array_specification ASSIGN array_initialization
+	{$$ = new array_spec_init_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+array_specification:
+  prev_declared_array_type_name
+	{$$ = $1;}
+| ARRAY '[' array_subrange_list ']' OF non_generic_type_name
+	{$$ = new array_specification_c($3, $6);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for array_specification */
+array_subrange_list:
+  subrange
+	{$$ = new array_subrange_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| array_subrange_list ',' subrange
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($1);}
+;
+
+
+array_initialization:
+  '[' array_initial_elements_list ']'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for array_initialization */
+array_initial_elements_list:
+  array_initial_elements
+	{$$ = new array_initial_elements_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| array_initial_elements_list ',' array_initial_elements
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+array_initial_elements:
+  array_initial_element
+| integer '(' ')'
+| integer '(' array_initial_element ')'
+	{$$ = new array_initial_elements_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+array_initial_element:
+  constant
+| enumerated_value
+| structure_initialization
+| array_initialization
+;
+
+
+
+structure_type_declaration:
+/*  structure_type_name ':' structure_specification */
+  identifier ':' structure_specification
+	{$$ = new structure_type_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_structure_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+structure_specification:
+  structure_declaration
+| initialized_structure
+;
+
+
+initialized_structure:
+  prev_declared_structure_type_name
+	{$$ = new initialized_structure_c($1, NULL);}
+| prev_declared_structure_type_name ASSIGN structure_initialization
+	{$$ = new initialized_structure_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+structure_declaration:
+  STRUCT structure_element_declaration_list END_STRUCT
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for structure_declaration */
+structure_element_declaration_list:
+  structure_element_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| structure_element_declaration_list structure_element_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+structure_element_declaration:
+  structure_element_name ':' simple_spec_init
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ':' subrange_spec_init
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ':' enumerated_spec_init
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ':' array_spec_init
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ':' initialized_structure
+	{$$ = new structure_element_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+structure_element_name: any_identifier;
+
+
+structure_initialization:
+  '(' structure_element_initialization_list ')'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for structure_initialization */
+structure_element_initialization_list:
+  structure_element_initialization
+	{$$ = new structure_element_initialization_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| structure_element_initialization_list ',' structure_element_initialization
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+structure_element_initialization:
+  structure_element_name ASSIGN constant
+	{$$ = new structure_element_initialization_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ASSIGN enumerated_value
+	{$$ = new structure_element_initialization_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ASSIGN array_initialization
+	{$$ = new structure_element_initialization_c($1, $3);}
+| structure_element_name ASSIGN structure_initialization
+	{$$ = new structure_element_initialization_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* NOTE: in order to remove a reduce/reduce conflict,
+ *       all occurences of string_type_name
+ *       have been replaced with identifier!
+ */
+/*
+string_type_name: identifier;
+*/
+
+string_type_declaration:
+/*  string_type_name ':' elementary_string_type_name string_type_declaration_size string_type_declaration_init */
+  identifier ':' elementary_string_type_name string_type_declaration_size string_type_declaration_init
+	{$$ = new string_type_declaration_c($1, $3, $4, $5);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_string_type_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for string_type_declaration */
+string_type_declaration_size:
+  '[' integer ']'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+/* REMOVED !! */
+//|  /* empty */
+//	{$$ = NULL;}
+;
+/* The syntax contains a reduce/reduce conflict.
+ * The optional '[' <size> ']'
+ * has been changed to become mandatory to remove the conflict.
+ *
+ * The conflict arises because
+ *  new_str_type : STRING := "hello!"
+ * may be reduced to a string_type_declaration OR
+ * a simple_type_declaration.
+ *
+ * Our change forces it to be reduced to a
+ * simple_type_declaration!
+ * We chose this option because changing the definition
+ * of simple_spec_init would force us to change all the other
+ * rules in which it appears. The change we made has no
+ * side-effects!
+ */
+
+/* helper symbol for string_type_declaration */
+string_type_declaration_init:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| ASSIGN character_string
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+
+
+/*********************/
+/* B 1.4 - Variables */
+/*********************/
+variable:
+  symbolic_variable
+| direct_variable
+;
+
+
+symbolic_variable:
+/* NOTE: To be entirely correct, variable_name should be replacemed by
+ *         prev_declared_variable_name | prev_declared_fb_name | prev_declared_global_var_name
+ */
+  prev_declared_variable_name
+	{$$ = new symbolic_variable_c($1);}
+| prev_declared_fb_name
+	{$$ = new symbolic_variable_c($1);}
+| prev_declared_global_var_name
+	{$$ = new symbolic_variable_c($1);}
+| multi_element_variable
+;
+
+
+/* NOTE: in section B 1.7, when configuring a program, symbolic_variable
+ *       is used. Nevertheless, during the parsing of a configuration,
+ *       the variables in question are out of scope, so we should
+ *       be allowing any_identifier instead of prev_declared_variable_name!
+ *
+ *       We therefore need a new any_symbolic_variable construct that
+ *       allows the use of any_identifier instead of previously declared
+ *       variables, function blocks, etc...
+ */
+any_symbolic_variable:
+// variable_name -> replaced by any_identifier
+  any_identifier
+	{$$ = new symbolic_variable_c($1);}
+| any_multi_element_variable
+;
+
+
+/* for yet undeclared variable names ! */
+variable_name: identifier;
+
+
+
+
+
+/********************************************/
+/* B.1.4.1   Directly Represented Variables */
+/********************************************/
+direct_variable: direct_variable_token	{$$ = new direct_variable_c($1);};
+
+
+
+
+/*************************************/
+/* B.1.4.2   Multi-element Variables */
+/*************************************/
+multi_element_variable:
+  array_variable
+| structured_variable
+;
+
+/* please see note above any_symbolic_variable */
+any_multi_element_variable:
+  any_array_variable
+| any_structured_variable
+;
+
+
+array_variable:
+  subscripted_variable '[' subscript_list ']'
+	{$$ = new array_variable_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* please see note above any_symbolic_variable */
+any_array_variable:
+  any_subscripted_variable '[' subscript_list ']'
+	{$$ = new array_variable_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+subscripted_variable:
+  symbolic_variable
+;
+
+
+/* please see note above any_symbolic_variable */
+any_subscripted_variable:
+  any_symbolic_variable
+;
+
+
+subscript_list:
+  subscript
+	{$$ = new subscript_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| subscript_list ',' subscript
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+subscript:  expression;
+
+
+structured_variable:
+  record_variable '.' field_selector
+	{$$ = new structured_variable_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* please see note above any_symbolic_variable */
+any_structured_variable:
+  any_record_variable '.' field_selector
+	{$$ = new structured_variable_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+record_variable:
+  symbolic_variable
+;
+
+
+/* please see note above any_symbolic_variable */
+any_record_variable:
+  any_symbolic_variable
+;
+
+
+field_selector: any_identifier;
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/******************************************/
+/* B 1.4.3 - Declaration & Initialisation */
+/******************************************/
+input_declarations:
+  VAR_INPUT            input_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new input_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR_INPUT RETAIN     input_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new input_declarations_c(new retain_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR_INPUT NON_RETAIN input_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new input_declarations_c(new non_retain_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for input_declarations */
+input_declaration_list:
+  input_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = new input_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| input_declaration_list input_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+input_declaration:
+  var_init_decl
+| edge_declaration
+;
+
+
+edge_declaration:
+  var1_list ':' BOOL R_EDGE
+	{$$ = new edge_declaration_c(new raising_edge_option_c(), $1);}
+| var1_list ':' BOOL F_EDGE
+	{$$ = new edge_declaration_c(new falling_edge_option_c(), $1);}
+;
+
+
+var_init_decl:
+  var1_init_decl
+| array_var_init_decl
+| structured_var_init_decl
+| fb_name_decl
+| string_var_declaration
+;
+
+
+
+
+var1_init_decl:
+  var1_list ':' simple_spec_init
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+| var1_list ':' subrange_spec_init
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+| var1_list ':' enumerated_spec_init
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+var1_list:
+  variable_name
+	{$$ = new var1_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+ | var1_list ',' variable_name
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+array_var_init_decl:
+ var1_list ':' array_spec_init
+	{$$ = new array_var_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+structured_var_init_decl:
+  var1_list ':' initialized_structure
+	{$$ = new structured_var_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* NOTE: see notes above fb_name_list and var1_list
+ *       for reason why ':' was removed from this rule!
+ *       In essence, to remove a shift/reduce conflict,
+ *       the ':' was moved to var1_list and fb_name_list!
+ */
+fb_name_decl:
+/*  fb_name_list ':' function_block_type_name */
+  fb_name_list_with_colon function_block_type_name
+	{$$ = new fb_name_decl_c($1, $2, NULL);}
+/*| fb_name_list ':' function_block_type_name ASSIGN structure_initialization */
+| fb_name_list_with_colon function_block_type_name ASSIGN structure_initialization
+	{$$ = new fb_name_decl_c($1, $2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+
+/* NOTE: In order to remove a reduce/reduce conflict between
+ *       var1_list and fb_name_list, which are identical to each
+ *       other, fb_name_list has been redefined to be a var1_list.
+ *
+ *        In order to remove a further shift/reduce conflict, var1_list
+ *        is imediately transfomred into var1_list_with_colon
+ *        (i.e. it includes the ':' following the list), which
+ *        means that fb_name_list is built from a
+ *        var1_list_with_colon after all!
+ */
+/*
+fb_name_list:
+ (*  fb_name *)
+  identifier
+	{$$ = new fb_name_list_c($1);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_fb_name_token);
+	}
+(* | fb_name_list ',' fb_name *)
+| fb_name_list ',' identifier
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_fb_name_token);
+	}
+;
+*/
+
+fb_name_list_with_colon:
+  var1_list_with_colon
+	{$$ = new fb_name_list_c();
+	 /* fill up the new fb_name_list_c object with the references
+	  * contained in the var1_list_c object.
+	  */
+	 FOR_EACH_ELEMENT(elem, $1, {$$->add_element(elem);});
+	 delete $1;
+	 /* change the tokens associated with the symbols stored in
+	  * the variable name symbol table from prev_declared_variable_name_token
+	  * to prev_declared_fb_name_token
+	  */
+	 FOR_EACH_ELEMENT(elem, $$, {variable_name_symtable.set(elem, prev_declared_fb_name_token);});
+	}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for fb_name_list_with_colon */
+var1_list_with_colon:
+  var1_list ':'
+;
+
+
+// fb_name: identifier;
+
+
+
+output_declarations:
+  VAR_OUTPUT var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new output_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR_OUTPUT RETAIN var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new output_declarations_c(new retain_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR_OUTPUT NON_RETAIN var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new output_declarations_c(new non_retain_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+input_output_declarations:
+  VAR_IN_OUT var_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new input_output_declarations_c($2);}
+;
+
+
+
+/* helper symbol for input_output_declarations */
+var_declaration_list:
+  var_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = new var_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| var_declaration_list var_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+var_declaration:
+  temp_var_decl
+| fb_name_decl
+;
+
+
+temp_var_decl:
+  var1_declaration
+| array_var_declaration
+| structured_var_declaration
+| string_var_declaration
+;
+
+var1_declaration:
+  var1_list  ':' simple_specification
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+| var1_list  ':' subrange_specification
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+| var1_list  ':' enumerated_specification
+	{$$ = new var1_init_decl_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+array_var_declaration:
+  var1_list ':' array_specification
+	{$$ = new array_var_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+structured_var_declaration:
+  var1_list ':' prev_declared_structure_type_name
+	{$$ = new structured_var_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+var_declarations:
+  VAR var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new var_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR CONSTANT var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new var_declarations_c(new constant_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+
+retentive_var_declarations:
+  VAR RETAIN var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new retentive_var_declarations_c($3);}
+;
+
+
+located_var_declarations:
+  VAR  located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new located_var_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR CONSTANT located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new located_var_declarations_c(new constant_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR RETAIN located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new located_var_declarations_c(new retain_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR NON_RETAIN located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new located_var_declarations_c(new non_retain_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for located_var_declarations */
+located_var_decl_list:
+  located_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new located_var_decl_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| located_var_decl_list located_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+located_var_decl:
+  variable_name location ':' located_var_spec_init
+	{$$ = new located_var_decl_c($1, $2, $4);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| location ':' located_var_spec_init
+	{$$ = new located_var_decl_c(NULL, $1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+external_var_declarations:
+  VAR_EXTERNAL external_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new external_var_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR_EXTERNAL CONSTANT external_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new external_var_declarations_c(new constant_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for external_var_declarations */
+external_declaration_list:
+  external_declaration ';'
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| external_declaration_list external_declaration';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+external_declaration:
+  global_var_name ':' simple_specification
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_name ':' subrange_specification
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_name ':' enumerated_specification
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_name ':' array_specification
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_name ':' prev_declared_structure_type_name
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_name ':' function_block_type_name
+	{$$ = new external_declaration_c($1, $3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_fb_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+global_var_name: identifier;
+
+
+global_var_declarations:
+  VAR_GLOBAL global_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new global_var_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR_GLOBAL CONSTANT global_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new global_var_declarations_c(new constant_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR_GLOBAL RETAIN global_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new global_var_declarations_c(new retain_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for global_var_declarations */
+global_var_decl_list:
+  global_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new global_var_decl_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| global_var_decl_list global_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+global_var_decl:
+  global_var_spec ':'
+	{$$ = new global_var_decl_c($1, NULL);}
+| global_var_spec ':' located_var_spec_init
+	{$$ = new global_var_decl_c($1, $3);}
+| global_var_spec ':' function_block_type_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_decl_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+global_var_spec:
+  global_var_list	{$$ = $1;}
+| location
+| global_var_name location
+	{$$ = new global_var_spec_c($1, $2);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_global_var_name_token);
+	}
+
+;
+
+
+located_var_spec_init:
+  simple_spec_init
+| subrange_spec_init
+| enumerated_spec_init
+| array_spec_init
+| initialized_structure
+| single_byte_string_spec
+| double_byte_string_spec
+;
+
+
+location:
+  AT direct_variable
+	{$$ = new location_c($2);}
+;
+
+
+
+global_var_list:
+  global_var_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_global_var_name_token);
+	}
+| global_var_list ',' global_var_name
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_global_var_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+string_var_declaration:
+  single_byte_string_var_declaration
+| double_byte_string_var_declaration
+;
+
+single_byte_string_var_declaration:
+  var1_list ':' single_byte_string_spec
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_var_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* NOTE: The constructs
+ *
+ *       [W]STRING
+ *       and
+ *       [W]STRING ASSIGN single_byte_character_string
+ *
+ *       were removed as they are already contained
+ *       within a other constructs.
+ *
+ *       single_byte_string_spec is used in:
+ *        - single_byte_string_var_declaration ->
+ *           -> string_var_declaration ---> var_init_decl
+ *                                     |--> temp_var_decl
+ *                                     |--> var2_init_decl
+ *        - located_var_spec_init
+ *
+ *       STRING [ASSIGN string_constant] -> elementary_string_type_name ->
+ *        -> simple_spec -> simple_specification -> simple_spec_init ->
+ *        -> located_var_spec_init
+ *
+ *       STRING [ASSIGN string_constant] -> elementary_string_type_name ->
+ *        -> simple_spec -> simple_specification -> simple_spec_init ->
+ *        -> var1_init_decl -> var_init_decl
+ *
+ *       STRING [ASSIGN string_constant] -> elementary_string_type_name ->
+ *        -> simple_spec -> simple_specification -> simple_spec_init ->
+ *        -> var1_init_decl -> var2_init_decl
+ *
+ *       STRING [ASSIGN string_constant] -> elementary_string_type_name ->
+ *        -> simple_spec -> simple_specification ->
+ *        -> var1_declaration -> temp_var_decl
+ */
+single_byte_string_spec:
+/*  STRING
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, NULL);}
+*/
+  STRING '[' integer ']'
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c($3, NULL);}
+/*
+| STRING ASSIGN single_byte_character_string
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, $3);}
+*/
+| STRING '[' integer ']' ASSIGN single_byte_character_string
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c($3, $6);}
+;
+
+
+double_byte_string_var_declaration:
+  var1_list ':' double_byte_string_spec
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_var_declaration_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+double_byte_string_spec:
+/*  WSTRING
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, NULL);}
+*/
+  WSTRING '[' integer ']'
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c($3, NULL);}
+/*
+| WSTRING ASSIGN double_byte_character_string
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, $3);}
+*/
+| WSTRING '[' integer ']' ASSIGN double_byte_character_string
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c($3, $6);}
+;
+
+
+
+incompl_located_var_declarations:
+  VAR            incompl_located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new incompl_located_var_declarations_c(NULL, $2);}
+| VAR     RETAIN incompl_located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new incompl_located_var_declarations_c(new retain_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR NON_RETAIN incompl_located_var_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new incompl_located_var_declarations_c(new non_retain_option_c(), $3);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for incompl_located_var_declarations */
+incompl_located_var_decl_list:
+  incompl_located_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new incompl_located_var_decl_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| incompl_located_var_decl_list incompl_located_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+incompl_located_var_decl:
+  variable_name incompl_location ':' var_spec
+	{$$ = new incompl_located_var_decl_c($1, $2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+incompl_location:
+  AT incompl_location_token
+	{$$ = new incompl_location_c($2);}
+;
+
+
+var_spec:
+  simple_specification
+| subrange_specification
+| enumerated_specification
+| array_specification
+| prev_declared_structure_type_name
+| string_spec
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for var_spec */
+/* NOTE: The constructs
+ *
+ *       STRING
+ *       and
+ *       WSTRING
+ *
+ *       were removed as they are already contained
+ *       within a simple_specification.
+ */
+string_spec:
+/*  STRING
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, NULL);}
+*/
+  STRING '[' integer ']'
+	{$$ = new single_byte_string_spec_c($3, NULL);}
+/*
+| WSTRING
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c(NULL, NULL);}
+*/
+| WSTRING '[' integer ']'
+	{$$ = new double_byte_string_spec_c($3, NULL);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for:
+ *  - non_retentive_var_decls
+ *  - output_declarations
+ *  - var_declarations
+ */
+var_init_decl_list:
+  var_init_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new var_init_decl_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| var_init_decl_list var_init_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+/***********************/
+/* B 1.5.1 - Functions */
+/***********************/
+/* The following rules should be set such as:
+ * function_name: function_name_no_clashes | function_name_simpleop_clashes | function_name_expression_clashes
+ * function_name: function_name_no_NOT_clashes | function_name_NOT_clashes;
+ */
+
+function_name_no_clashes: prev_declared_derived_function_name | standard_function_name_no_clashes;
+function_name_simpleop_clashes: standard_function_name_simpleop_clashes;
+//function_name_expression_clashes: standard_function_name_expression_clashes;
+
+function_name_no_NOT_clashes: prev_declared_derived_function_name | standard_function_name_no_NOT_clashes;
+//function_name_NOT_clashes: standard_function_name_NOT_clashes;
+
+/*
+function_name:
+  prev_declared_derived_function_name
+| standard_function_name
+;
+*/
+
+/* NOTE: The list of standard function names
+ *       includes the standard functions MOD(), NOT()
+ *
+ *       Strangely enough, MOD and NOT are reserved keywords,
+ *       so shouldn't be used for function names.
+ *
+ *       The specification contradicts itself!
+ *       Our workaround  is to treat MOD as a token,
+ *       but to include this token as a
+ *       standard_function_name.
+ *
+ *       The names of all other standard functions get
+ *       preloaded into the library_element_symbol_table
+ *       with the token value of
+ *       standard_function_name_token
+ *       Actually, simply for completeness, MOD is also
+ *       loaded into the library_element_symbol_table, but
+ *       it is irrelevant since flex will catch MOD as a
+ *       token, before it interprets it as an identifier,
+ *       and looks in the library_element_symbol_table to check
+ *       whether it has been previously declared.
+ *
+ * NOTE: The same as the above also occurs with the IL
+ *       operators NOT AND OR XOR ADD SUB MUL DIV MOD
+ *       GT GE EQ LT LE NE.
+ *       Note that MOD is once again in the list!
+ *       Anyway, we give these the same treatement as
+ *       MOD, since we are writing a parser for ST and
+ *       IL simultaneously. If this were not the case,
+ *       the ST parser would not need the tokens NOT AND ...
+ *
+ * NOTE: Note that 'NOT' is special, as it conflicts
+ *       with two operators: the  IL 'NOT' operator, and
+ *       the unary operator 'NOT' in ST!!
+ *
+ *  NOTE: The IL language is ambiguous, since using NOT, AND, ...
+ *       may be interpreted as either an IL operator, or
+ *       as a standard function call!
+ *       I (Mario) opted to interpret it as an IL operator.
+ *       This requires changing the syntax for IL language
+ *       function   calling, to exclude all function with
+ *       names that clash with IL operators. I therefore
+ *       created the constructs
+ *       function_name_without_clashes
+ *       standard_function_name_without_clashes
+ *       to include all function names, except those that clash
+ *       with IL operators. These constructs are only used
+ *       within the IL language!
+ */
+/* The following rules should be set such as:
+ * standard_function_name: standard_function_name_no_clashes | standard_function_name_simpleop_clashes | standard_function_name_expression_clashes
+ * standard_function_name: standard_function_name_no_NOT_clashes | standard_function_name_NOT_clashes;
+ */
+
+/*
+standard_function_name:
+  standard_function_name_no_clashes
+| standard_function_name_expression_clashes
+| standard_function_name_NOT_clashes
+//| standard_function_name_simpleop_only_clashes
+;
+*/
+
+standard_function_name_no_NOT_clashes:
+  standard_function_name_no_clashes
+| standard_function_name_expression_clashes
+//| standard_function_name_simpleop_only_clashes
+;
+
+standard_function_name_no_clashes:
+  standard_function_name_token
+	{$$ = new identifier_c($1);}
+;
+
+
+standard_function_name_simpleop_clashes:
+  standard_function_name_NOT_clashes
+//| standard_function_name_simpleop_only_clashes
+;
+
+standard_function_name_NOT_clashes:
+  NOT
+	{$$ = new identifier_c(strdup("NOT"));}
+;
+
+/* Add here any other IL simple operators that collide
+ * with standard function names!
+ * Don't forget to uncomment the equivalent lines in
+ *   - standard_function_name_simpleop_clashes
+ *   - standard_function_name
+ *   - standard_function_name_no_NOT_clashes
+ */
+/*
+standard_function_name_simpleop_only_clashes:
+;
+*/
+
+standard_function_name_expression_clashes:
+  AND_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+//NOTE: AND2 (corresponding to the source code string '&') does not clash
+//      with a standard function name, so should be commented out!
+//| AND2_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| OR_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| XOR_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| ADD_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| SUB_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| MUL_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| DIV_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| MOD_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| GT_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| GE_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| EQ_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| LT_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| LE_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+| NE_operator	{$$ = il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1);}
+;
+
+
+derived_function_name:
+  identifier
+| prev_declared_derived_function_name
+	{$$ = $1;
+	 if (not(allow_function_overloading))
+	   ERROR;
+	}
+;
+
+
+function_declaration:
+/*  FUNCTION derived_function_name ':' elementary_type_name io_OR_function_var_declarations_list function_body END_FUNCTION */
+  function_name_declaration ':' elementary_type_name io_OR_function_var_declarations_list function_body END_FUNCTION
+	{$$ = new function_declaration_c($1, $3, $4, $5);
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	 if (allow_function_overloading) {
+	   switch (library_element_symtable.find_value($1)) {
+	     case prev_declared_derived_function_name_token:
+	       /* do nothing, already in map. */
+	       break;
+	     case BOGUS_TOKEN_ID:
+	       /* Not yet in map. Must insert...*/
+	       library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_derived_function_name_token);
+	       break;
+	     default:
+	       /* Already in map but associated with something else other than a funtion name! */
+	       ERROR;
+	   }
+	 } else {
+	   library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_derived_function_name_token);
+	 }
+	}
+/* | FUNCTION derived_function_name ':' derived_type_name io_OR_function_var_declarations_list function_body END_FUNCTION */
+| function_name_declaration ':' derived_type_name io_OR_function_var_declarations_list function_body END_FUNCTION
+	{$$ = new function_declaration_c($1, $3, $4, $5);
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	 if (allow_function_overloading) {
+	   switch (library_element_symtable.find_value($1)) {
+	     case prev_declared_derived_function_name_token: /* do nothing, already in map. */ break;
+	     case BOGUS_TOKEN_ID: library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_derived_function_name_token); break;
+	     default: ERROR;
+	   }
+	 } else {
+	   library_element_symtable.insert($1, prev_declared_derived_function_name_token);
+	 }
+	}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for function_declaration */
+/* NOTE: due to reduce/reduce conflicts between identifiers
+ *       being reduced to either a variable or an enumerator value,
+ *       we were forced to keep a symbol table of the names
+ *       of all declared variables. Variables are no longer
+ *       created from simple identifier_token, but from
+ *       prev_declared_variable_name_token.
+ *
+ *       BUT, in functions the function name itself may be used as
+ *       a variable! In order to be able to parse this correctly,
+ *       the token parser (flex) must return a prev_declared_variable_name_token
+ *       when it comes across the function name, while parsing
+ *       the function itself.
+ *       We do this by inserting the function name into the variable
+ *       symbol table, and having flex return a prev_declared_variable_name_token
+ *       whenever it comes across it.
+ *       When we finish parsing the function the variable name
+ *       symbol table is cleared of all entries, and the function
+ *       name is inserted into the library element symbol table. This
+ *       means that from then onwards flex will return a
+ *       derived_function_name_token whenever it comes across the
+ *       function name.
+ *
+ *       In order to insert the function name into the variable_name
+ *       symbol table BEFORE the function body gets parsed, we
+ *       need the parser to reduce a construct that contains the
+ *       the function name. That is why we created this extra
+ *       construct (function_name_declaration), i.e. to force
+ *       the parser to reduce it, before parsing the function body!
+ */
+function_name_declaration:
+  FUNCTION derived_function_name
+	{$$ = $2;
+	 /* the function name functions as a
+	  * variable within the function itself!
+	  *
+	  * Remember that the variable_name_symtable
+	  * is cleared once the end of the function
+	  * is parsed.
+	  */
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_variable_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_declaration */
+io_OR_function_var_declarations_list:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = new var_declarations_list_c();}
+| io_OR_function_var_declarations_list io_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| io_OR_function_var_declarations_list function_var_decls
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+io_var_declarations:
+  input_declarations
+| output_declarations
+| input_output_declarations
+;
+
+
+function_var_decls:
+  VAR CONSTANT var2_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new function_var_decls_c(new constant_option_c(), $3);}
+| VAR var2_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new function_var_decls_c(NULL, $2);}
+;
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_var_decls */
+var2_init_decl_list:
+  var2_init_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new var2_init_decl_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| var2_init_decl_list var2_init_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+function_body:
+  statement_list	{$$ = $1;} /* if we leave it for the default action we get a type clash! */
+| instruction_list	{$$ = $1;} /* if we leave it for the default action we get a type clash! */
+/*
+| ladder_diagram
+| function_block_diagram
+*/
+;
+
+
+var2_init_decl:
+  var1_init_decl
+| array_var_init_decl
+| structured_var_init_decl
+| string_var_declaration
+;
+
+
+
+/*****************************/
+/* B 1.5.2 - Function Blocks */
+/*****************************/
+function_block_type_name:
+  prev_declared_derived_function_block_name
+| standard_function_block_name
+;
+
+
+standard_function_block_name: standard_function_block_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+derived_function_block_name: identifier;
+
+
+function_block_declaration:
+  FUNCTION_BLOCK derived_function_block_name io_OR_other_var_declarations_list function_block_body END_FUNCTION_BLOCK
+	{$$ = new function_block_declaration_c($2, $3, $4);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_derived_function_block_name_token);
+	 /* Clear the variable_name_symtable. Since
+	  * we have finished parsing the function block,
+	  * the variable names are now out of scope, so
+	  * are no longer valid!
+	  */
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for function_declaration */
+/*  { io_var_declarations | other_var_declarations }   */
+/*
+ * NOTE: we re-use the var_declarations_list_c
+ */
+io_OR_other_var_declarations_list:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = new var_declarations_list_c();}
+| io_OR_other_var_declarations_list io_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| io_OR_other_var_declarations_list other_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+/* NOTE:
+ *  The IEC specification gives the following definition:
+ *  other_var_declarations ::=
+ *     external_var_declarations
+ *   | var_declarations
+ *   | retentive_var_declarations
+ *   | non_retentive_var_declarations
+ *   | temp_var_decls
+ *   | incompl_located_var_declarations
+ *
+ *  Nvertheless, the symbol non_retentive_var_declarations
+ *  is not defined in the spec. This seems to me (Mario)
+ *  to be a typo, so non_retentive_var_declarations
+ *  has been replaced with non_retentive_var_decls
+ *  in the following rule!
+ */
+other_var_declarations:
+  temp_var_decls
+| non_retentive_var_decls
+| external_var_declarations
+| var_declarations
+| retentive_var_declarations
+| incompl_located_var_declarations
+;
+
+
+temp_var_decls:
+  VAR_TEMP temp_var_decls_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new temp_var_decls_c($2);}
+;
+
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for temp_var_decls */
+temp_var_decls_list:
+  temp_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = new temp_var_decls_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| temp_var_decls_list temp_var_decl ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+non_retentive_var_decls:
+  VAR NON_RETAIN var_init_decl_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new non_retentive_var_decls_c($3);}
+;
+
+
+
+function_block_body:
+  statement_list	{$$ = $1;}
+| instruction_list	{$$ = $1;}
+/*
+| sequential_function_chart
+| ladder_diagram
+| function_block_diagram
+| <other languages>
+*/
+;
+
+
+
+
+/**********************/
+/* B 1.5.3 - Programs */
+/**********************/
+program_type_name: identifier;
+
+
+program_declaration:
+  PROGRAM program_type_name program_var_declarations_list function_block_body END_PROGRAM
+	{$$ = new program_declaration_c($2, $3, $4);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_program_type_name_token);
+	 /* Clear the variable_name_symtable. Since
+	  * we have finished parsing the program declaration,
+	  * the variable names are now out of scope, so
+	  * are no longer valid!
+	  */
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for program_declaration */
+/*
+ * NOTE: we re-use the var_declarations_list_c
+ */
+program_var_declarations_list:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = new var_declarations_list_c();}
+| program_var_declarations_list io_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| program_var_declarations_list other_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| program_var_declarations_list located_var_declarations
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+/*
+| program_var_declarations_list program_access_decls
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+*/
+;
+
+
+/* TODO ... */
+/*
+program_access_decls:
+  VAR_ACCESS program_access_decl_list END_VAR
+;
+*/
+
+/* helper symbol for program_access_decls */
+/*
+program_access_decl_list:
+  program_access_decl ';'
+| program_access_decl_list program_access_decl ';'
+;
+*/
+
+/*
+program_access_decl:
+  access_name ':' symbolic_variable ':' non_generic_type_name
+| access_name ':' symbolic_variable ':' non_generic_type_name direction
+;
+*/
+
+
+
+/********************************************/
+/* B 1.6 Sequential Function Chart elements */
+/********************************************/
+/* TODO ... */
+
+/*
+sequential_function_chart:
+  sfc_network
+| sequential_function_chart sfc_network
+;
+
+sfc_network:
+  initial_step
+| sfc_network step
+| sfc_network transition
+| sfc_network action
+;
+
+initial_step:
+  INITIAL_STEP step_name ':' action_association_list END_STEP
+;
+
+step:
+  STEP step_name ':' action_association_list END_STEP
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for:
+ *  - initial_step
+ *  - step
+ *
+action_association_list:
+  /* empty *
+| action_association_list action_association ';'
+;
+
+step_name: identifier;
+
+action_association:
+  action_name '(' action_qualifier indicator_name_list ')'
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for action_association *
+indicator_name_list:
+  /* empty *
+| indicator_name_list ',' indicator_name
+;
+
+action_name: identifier;
+
+action_qualifier:
+  /* empty *
+| N
+| R
+| S
+| P
+| timed_qualifier ',' action_time
+;
+
+timed_qualifier:
+  L
+| D
+| SD
+| DS
+| SL
+;
+
+action_time:
+  duration
+| variable_name
+;
+
+indicator_name: variable_name;
+
+transition:
+  TRANSITION FROM steps TO steps transition_condition END_TRANSITION
+| TRANSITION transition_name FROM steps TO steps transition_condition END_TRANSITION
+| TRANSITION '(' PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')' FROM steps TO steps transition_condition END_TRANSITION
+| TRANSITION transition_name '(' PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')' FROM steps TO steps transition_condition END_TRANSITION
+;
+
+transition_name: identifier;
+
+steps:
+  step_name
+| '(' step_name_list ')'
+;
+
+
+step_name_list:
+  step_name ',' step_name
+| step_name_list ',' step_name
+;
+
+
+transition_condition:
+  ':' simple_instruction_list
+| ASSIGN expression ';'
+| ':' fbd_network
+| ':' rung
+;
+
+action:
+  ACTION action_name ':' function_block_body END_ACTION
+;
+*/
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 1.7 Configuration elements */
+/********************************/
+/* NOTE:
+ * It is not clear from reading the specification to which namespace
+ * the names of resources, tasks and programs belong to.
+ *
+ * The following syntax assumes that resource and program names belong to the
+ * same namespace as the variables defined within
+ * the resource/configuration (i.e. VAR_GLOBAL).
+ * Task names belong to a namespace all of their own, since they don't
+ * produce conflicts in the syntax parser, so we might just as well
+ * leave them be! ;-)
+ * The above decision was made taking into
+ * account that inside a VAR_CONFIG declaration global variables
+ * may be referenced starting off from the resource name as:
+ *   resource_name.program_name.variable_name
+ * Notice how resource names and program names are used in a very similar
+ * manner as are variable names.
+ * Using a single namespace for all the above mentioned names
+ * also makes it easier to write the syntax parser!! ;-) Using a private
+ * namespace for each of the name types (resource names, program names,
+ * global varaiable names), i.e. letting the names be re-used across
+ * each of the groups (resource, program, global variables), produces
+ * reduce/reduce conflicts in the syntax parser. Actually, it is only
+ * the resource names that need to be distinguished into a 
+ * prev_delcared_resource_name so as not to conflict with [gloabl] variable
+ * names in the 'data' construct.
+ * The program names are only tracked to make sure that two programs do not
+ * get the same name.
+ *
+ * Using a single namespace does have the drawback that the user will
+ * not be able to re-use names for resources or programs if these
+ * have already been used to name a variable!
+ *
+ * If it ever becomes necessary to change this interpretation of
+ * the syntax, then this section of the syntax parser must be updated!
+ */
+prev_declared_global_var_name: prev_declared_global_var_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_resource_name: prev_declared_resource_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+prev_declared_program_name: prev_declared_program_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+// prev_declared_task_name: prev_declared_task_name_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+
+
+
+
+
+configuration_name: identifier;
+
+/* NOTE: The specification states that valid resource type names
+ *       are implementation defined, i.e. each implementaion will define
+ *       what resource types it supports.
+ *       We are implementing this syntax parser to be used by any
+ *       implementation, so at the moment we accept any identifier
+ *       as a resource type name.
+ *       This implementation should probably be changed in the future. We
+ *       should probably have a resource_type_name_token, and let the
+ *       implementation load the global symbol library with the
+ *       accepted resource type names before parsing the code.
+ *
+ */
+resource_type_name: any_identifier;
+
+configuration_declaration:
+  CONFIGURATION configuration_name
+   optional_global_var_declarations
+   single_resource_declaration
+   {variable_name_symtable.pop();}
+   optional_access_declarations
+   optional_instance_specific_initializations
+  END_CONFIGURATION
+	{$$ = new configuration_declaration_c($2, $3, $4, $6, $7);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_configuration_name_token);
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	}
+| CONFIGURATION configuration_name
+   optional_global_var_declarations
+   resource_declaration_list
+   optional_access_declarations
+   optional_instance_specific_initializations
+ END_CONFIGURATION
+	{$$ = new configuration_declaration_c($2, $3, $4, $5, $6);
+	 library_element_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_configuration_name_token);
+	 variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	}
+| CONFIGURATION error END_CONFIGURATION
+	{$$ = NULL;
+	 print_err_msg(current_filename, @2.last_line, "error in configuration declaration.");
+	 /* yychar */
+	 yyerrok;
+	}
+;
+
+// helper symbol for
+//  - configuration_declaration
+//  - resource_declaration
+//
+optional_global_var_declarations:
+  // empty
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| global_var_declarations
+;
+
+
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration //
+optional_access_declarations:
+  // empty
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+//| access_declarations
+;
+
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration //
+optional_instance_specific_initializations:
+  // empty
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| instance_specific_initializations
+;
+
+// helper symbol for configuration_declaration //
+resource_declaration_list:
+  resource_declaration
+	{$$ = new resource_declaration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| resource_declaration_list resource_declaration
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+resource_declaration:
+  RESOURCE {variable_name_symtable.push();} resource_name ON resource_type_name
+   optional_global_var_declarations
+   single_resource_declaration
+  END_RESOURCE
+	{$$ = new resource_declaration_c($3, $5, $6, $7);
+         variable_name_symtable.pop();
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_resource_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+
+single_resource_declaration:
+ task_configuration_list program_configuration_list
+	{$$ = new single_resource_declaration_c($1, $2);}
+;
+
+
+// helper symbol for single_resource_declaration //
+task_configuration_list:
+  // empty
+	{$$ = new task_configuration_list_c();}
+| task_configuration_list task_configuration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+// helper symbol for single_resource_declaration //
+program_configuration_list:
+  program_configuration ';'
+	{$$ = new program_configuration_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| program_configuration_list program_configuration ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+resource_name: identifier;
+
+/*
+access_declarations:
+ VAR_ACCESS access_declaration_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+;
+
+// helper symbol for access_declarations //
+access_declaration_list:
+  access_declaration ';'
+| access_declaration_list access_declaration ';'
+;
+
+
+access_declaration:
+  access_name ':' access_path ':' non_generic_type_name
+| access_name ':' access_path ':' non_generic_type_name direction
+;
+
+
+access_path:
+  direct_variable
+| prev_delcared_resource_name '.' direct_variable
+| any_fb_name_list symbolic_variable
+| prev_delcared_resource_name '.' any_fb_name_list symbolic_variable
+| prev_delcared_program_name '.'  any_fb_name_list symbolic_variable
+| prev_delcared_resource_name '.' prev_delcared_program_name '.' any_fb_name_list symbolic_variable
+;
+*/
+
+// helper symbol for
+//  - access_path
+//  - instance_specific_init
+//
+/* NOTE: The fb_name_list refers to funtion block variables
+ *       that have been declared in a scope outside the one we are
+ *       currently parsing, so we must accept them to be any_identifier!
+ *
+ *       Beware that other locations of this syntax parser also require
+ *       a fb_name_list. In those locations the function blocks are being declared,
+ *       so only currently un-used identifiers (i.e. identifier) may be accepted.
+ *
+ *       In order to distinguish the two, here we use any_fb_name_list, while
+ *       in the the locations we simply use fb_name_list!
+ */
+any_fb_name_list:
+  // empty
+	{$$ = new any_fb_name_list_c();}
+//| fb_name_list fb_name '.'
+| any_fb_name_list any_identifier '.'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+
+global_var_reference:
+//  [resource_name '.'] global_var_name ['.' structure_element_name] //
+                                  prev_declared_global_var_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_reference_c(NULL, $1, NULL);}
+|                                 prev_declared_global_var_name '.' structure_element_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_reference_c(NULL, $1, $3);}
+| prev_declared_resource_name '.' prev_declared_global_var_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_reference_c($1, $3, NULL);}
+| prev_declared_resource_name '.' prev_declared_global_var_name '.' structure_element_name
+	{$$ = new global_var_reference_c($1, $3, $5);}
+;
+
+
+//access_name: identifier;
+
+
+program_output_reference:
+/* NOTE:
+ * program_output_reference is merely used within data_source.
+ * data_source is merely used within task_initialization
+ * task_initialization appears in a configuration declaration
+ * _before_ the programs are declared, so we cannot use
+ * prev_declared_program_name, as what might seem correct at first.
+ *
+ * The semantic checker must later check whether the identifier
+ * used really refers to a program declared after the task
+ * initialization!
+ */
+//  prev_declared_program_name '.' symbolic_variable
+  program_name '.' symbolic_variable
+	{$$ = new program_output_reference_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+program_name: identifier;
+
+/*
+direction:
+  READ_WRITE
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| READ_ONLY
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+;
+*/
+
+task_configuration:
+  TASK task_name task_initialization
+	{$$ = new task_configuration_c($2, $3);}
+;
+
+/* NOTE: The specification does nopt mention the namespace to which task names
+ *       should belong to. Unlike resource and program names, for the moment we
+ *       let the task names belong to their own private namespace, as they do not
+ *       produce any conflicts in the syntax parser.
+ *       If in the future our interpretation of the spec. turns out to be incorrect,
+ *       the definition of task_name may have to be changed!
+ */
+task_name: any_identifier;
+
+task_initialization:
+//  '(' [SINGLE ASSIGN data_source ','] [INTERVAL ASSIGN data_source ','] PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')' //
+  '(' PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')'
+	{$$ = new task_initialization_c(NULL, NULL, $4);}
+| '(' SINGLE ASSIGN data_source ','   PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')'
+	{$$ = new task_initialization_c($4, NULL, $8);}
+| '(' INTERVAL ASSIGN data_source ',' PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')'
+	{$$ = new task_initialization_c(NULL, $4, $8);}
+| '(' SINGLE ASSIGN data_source ',' INTERVAL ASSIGN data_source ',' PRIORITY ASSIGN integer ')'
+	{$$ = new task_initialization_c($4, $8, $12);}
+;
+
+data_source:
+  constant
+| global_var_reference
+| program_output_reference
+| direct_variable
+;
+
+program_configuration:
+//  PROGRAM [RETAIN | NON_RETAIN] program_name [WITH task_name] ':' program_type_name ['(' prog_conf_elements ')'] //
+  PROGRAM program_name optional_task_name ':' prev_declared_program_type_name optional_prog_conf_elements
+	{$$ = new program_configuration_c(NULL, $2, $3, $5, $6);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($2, prev_declared_program_name_token);
+	}
+| PROGRAM RETAIN program_name optional_task_name ':' prev_declared_program_type_name optional_prog_conf_elements
+	{$$ = new program_configuration_c(new retain_option_c(), $3, $4, $6, $7);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_program_name_token);
+	}
+| PROGRAM NON_RETAIN program_name optional_task_name ':' prev_declared_program_type_name optional_prog_conf_elements
+	{$$ = new program_configuration_c(new non_retain_option_c(), $3, $4, $6, $7);
+	 variable_name_symtable.insert($3, prev_declared_program_name_token);
+	}
+;
+
+// helper symbol for program_configuration //
+optional_task_name:
+  // empty //
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| WITH task_name
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+// helper symbol for program_configuration //
+optional_prog_conf_elements:
+  // empty //
+	{$$ = NULL;}
+| '(' prog_conf_elements ')'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+;
+
+
+prog_conf_elements:
+  prog_conf_element
+	{$$ = new prog_conf_elements_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| prog_conf_elements ',' prog_conf_element
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+prog_conf_element:
+  fb_task
+| prog_cnxn
+;
+
+
+fb_task:
+  // fb_name WITH task_name
+/* NOTE: The fb_name refers to funtion block variables
+ *       that have been declared in a scope outside the one we are
+ *       currently parsing, so we must accept them to be any_identifier!
+ */
+  any_identifier WITH task_name
+	{$$ = new fb_task_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* NOTE:
+ *  The semantics of configuring a program are rather confusing, so here is
+ *  my (Mario) understanding on the issue...
+ *
+ *  A function/program may have as its input variables a simple variable
+ *  (BYTE, WORD, etc...), an array (ARRAY [1 .. 3] OF BYTE, ...) , or a structure.
+ *  Nevertheless, when calling this function from within a st or il language statement
+ *  it is not possible to allocate a value to a single element of the array or structure
+ *  typed input variable, as the accepted syntax is simply '(' variable_name ':=' variable ')'
+ *  Notice how the variable_name does not include things such as 'a.elem1' or 'a[1]'!
+ *
+ *  Nevertheless, when configuring a program from within a configuration,
+ *  it becomes possible to allocate values to individual elements of the
+ *  array or structured type input variable, as the syntax is now
+ *  '(' symbolic_variable ':=' data_sink|prog_data_source ')'
+ *  Notice how the symbolic_variable _does_ include things such as 'a.elem1' or 'a[1]'!
+ *
+ *  Conclusion: Unlike other locations in the syntax where SENDTO appears,
+ *  here it is not valid to replace symbolic_variable with any_identifier!
+ *  Nevertheless, it is also not correct to leave symbolic_variable as it is,
+ *  as we have defined it to only include previously declared variables,
+ *  which is not the case in this situation. Here symbolic_variable is refering
+ *  to variables that were defined within the scope of the program that is being
+ *  called, and _not_ within the scope of the configuration that is calling the
+ *  program, so the variables in question are not declared in the current scope!
+ *
+ *  We therefore need to define a new symbolic_variable, that accepts any_identifier
+ *  instead of previosuly declared variable names, to be used in the definition of
+ *  prog_cnxn!
+ */
+prog_cnxn:
+  any_symbolic_variable ASSIGN prog_data_source
+	{$$ = new prog_cnxn_assign_c($1, $3);}
+| any_symbolic_variable SENDTO data_sink
+	{$$ = new prog_cnxn_sendto_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+prog_data_source:
+  constant
+| enumerated_value
+| global_var_reference
+| direct_variable
+;
+
+data_sink:
+  global_var_reference
+| direct_variable
+;
+
+instance_specific_initializations:
+ VAR_CONFIG instance_specific_init_list END_VAR
+	{$$ = new instance_specific_initializations_c($2);}
+;
+
+// helper symbol for instance_specific_initializations //
+instance_specific_init_list:
+  instance_specific_init ';'
+	{$$ = new instance_specific_init_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| instance_specific_init_list instance_specific_init ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+instance_specific_init:
+//
+//  resource_name '.' program_name '.' {fb_name '.'}
+//  ((variable_name [location] ':' located_var_spec_init) | (fb_name ':' function_block_type_name ':=' structure_initialization))
+//
+//  prev_declared_resource_name '.' prev_declared_program_name '.' any_fb_name_list variable_name ':' located_var_spec_init
+/* NOTE: variable_name has been changed to any_identifier (and not simply identifier) because the
+ *       variables being referenced have been declared outside the scope currently being parsed!
+ */
+/* NOTE: program_name has not been changed to prev_declared_program_name because the
+ *       programs being referenced have been declared outside the scope currently being parsed!
+ *       The programs are only kept inside the scope of the resource in which they are defined.
+ */
+  prev_declared_resource_name '.' program_name '.' any_fb_name_list any_identifier ':' located_var_spec_init
+	{$$ = new instance_specific_init_c($1, $3, $5, $6, NULL, $8);}
+| prev_declared_resource_name '.' program_name '.' any_fb_name_list any_identifier location ':' located_var_spec_init
+	{$$ = new instance_specific_init_c($1, $3, $5, $6, $7, $9);}
+| prev_declared_resource_name '.' program_name '.' any_fb_name_list any_identifier ':' fb_initialization
+	{$5->add_element($6); $$ = new instance_specific_init_c($1, $3, $5, NULL, NULL, $8);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for instance_specific_init */
+fb_initialization:
+  function_block_type_name ASSIGN structure_initialization
+	{$$ = new fb_initialization_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/***********************************/
+/* B 2.1 Instructions and Operands */
+/***********************************/
+/* helper symbol for many IL instructions, etc... */
+/* eat up any extra EOL tokens... */
+
+eol_list:
+  EOL
+| eol_list EOL
+;
+
+/*
+eol_list:
+  '\n'
+| eol_list '\n'
+;
+*/
+
+instruction_list:
+  il_instruction
+	{$$ = new instruction_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| instruction_list il_instruction
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| instruction_list pragma
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| instruction_list error
+	{$$ = $1;
+	 print_err_msg(current_filename, @2.last_line, "error in IL instruction.");
+	 /* yychar */
+	 yyerrok;
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+il_instruction:
+  il_incomplete_instruction eol_list
+	{$$ = new il_instruction_c(NULL, $1);}
+| label ':' il_incomplete_instruction eol_list
+	{$$ = new il_instruction_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for il_instruction */
+il_incomplete_instruction:
+  il_simple_operation
+| il_expression
+| il_jump_operation
+| il_fb_call
+| il_formal_funct_call
+| il_return_operator
+;
+
+
+label: identifier;
+
+
+
+il_simple_operation:
+  il_simple_operator
+	{$$ = new il_simple_operation_c($1, NULL);}
+| il_simple_operator_noclash il_operand
+	{$$ = new il_simple_operation_c($1, $2);}
+| il_simple_operator_clash_il_operand
+	{$$ = new il_simple_operation_c($1.first, $1.second);}
+/* NOTE: the line
+ *         | il_simple_operator
+ *       already contains the 'NOT' operator, as well as all the
+ *       expression operators ('MOD', 'AND', etc...), all of which
+ *       may also be a function name! This means that these operators/functions,
+ *       without any operands, could be reduced to either an operator or a
+ *       function call. I (Mario) have chosen to reduce it to an operator.
+ *
+ *       The line
+ *         | function_name
+ *       has been replaced with the lines
+ *         | function_name_no_clashes
+ *       in order to include all possible function names except
+ *       those whose names coincide with operators !!
+ */
+| function_name_no_clashes
+	{$$ = new il_function_call_c($1, NULL);}
+/* NOTE: the line
+ *         | il_simple_operator il_operand
+ *       already contains the 'NOT', 'MOD', etc. operators, followed by a single il_operand,
+ *       which may also be reduced to a function name with an operand_list of a single
+ *       il_operand! This would lead us to a reduce/reduce conflict!
+ *
+ *       I (Mario) have chosen to reduce it to an operand, rather than a function call.
+ *
+ *       The line
+ *         | function_name il_operand_list
+ *       has been replaced with the line
+ *         | function_name_no_clashes il_operand_list
+ *       in order to include all possible function names except
+ *       for the function names which clash with expression and simple operators.
+ *
+ *       Note that:
+ *       this alternative syntax does not cover the possibility of
+ *       the function 'NOT', 'MOD', etc... being called with more than one il_operand!
+ *       We therefore need to include an extra rule where the
+ *       function_name_expression_clashes and function_name_simpleop_clashes
+ *       are followed by a il_operand_list with __two__ or more il_operands!!
+ */
+| function_name_no_clashes il_operand_list
+	{$$ = new il_function_call_c($1, $2);}
+| il_simple_operator_clash_il_operand ',' il_operand_list
+	{list_c *list = new il_operand_list_c();
+	 list->add_element($1.second);
+	 FOR_EACH_ELEMENT(elem, $3, {list->add_element(elem);})
+	 $$ = new il_function_call_c(il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1.first), list);
+	}
+;
+
+
+
+il_simple_operator_clash_il_operand:
+  il_simple_operator_clash il_operand
+	{$$.first = $1; $$.second = $2;}
+;
+
+
+
+il_expression:
+  il_expr_operator_noclash '(' eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, NULL, NULL);}
+| il_expr_operator_noclash '(' il_operand eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, $3, NULL);}
+| il_expr_operator_noclash '(' eol_list simple_instr_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, NULL, $4);}
+| il_expr_operator_noclash '(' il_operand eol_list simple_instr_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, $3, $5);}
+/*
+*/
+| il_expr_operator_clash '(' eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, NULL, NULL);}
+| il_expr_operator_clash '(' il_operand eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, $3, NULL);}
+| il_expr_operator_clash '(' il_operand eol_list simple_instr_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, $3, $5);}
+/*
+*/
+| il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list simple_instr_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_expression_c($1, NULL, $2);}
+;
+
+
+il_jump_operation:
+  il_jump_operator label
+	{$$ = new il_jump_operation_c($1, $2);}
+;
+
+
+il_fb_call:
+  il_call_operator prev_declared_fb_name
+	{$$ = new il_fb_call_c($1, $2, NULL, NULL);}
+| il_call_operator prev_declared_fb_name '(' ')'
+	{$$ = new il_fb_call_c($1, $2, NULL, NULL);}
+| il_call_operator prev_declared_fb_name '(' eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_fb_call_c($1, $2, NULL, NULL);}
+| il_call_operator prev_declared_fb_name '(' il_operand_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_fb_call_c($1, $2, $4, NULL);}
+| il_call_operator prev_declared_fb_name '(' eol_list il_param_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_fb_call_c($1, $2, NULL, $5);}
+;
+
+
+/* NOTE: Please read note above the definition of function_name_without_clashes */
+il_formal_funct_call:
+/*  function_name '(' eol_list ')'  */
+/* NOTE: il_formal_funct_call is only used in the definition of
+ *         - il_incomplete_instruction
+ *         - il_simple_instruction
+ *       In both of the above, il_expression also
+ *       shows up as another option. This means that the functions whose
+ *       names clash with expressions, followed by '(' eol_list ')', are
+ *       already included. We must therefore leave them out in this
+ *       definition in order to remove reduce/reduce conflicts.
+ *
+ *       In summary: 'MOD' '(' eol_list ')', and all other functions whose
+ *       names clash with expressions may be interpreted by the syntax by
+ *       two different routes. I (Mario) chose to interpret them
+ *       as operators, rather than as function calls!
+ */
+  function_name_no_clashes '(' eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_formal_funct_call_c($1, NULL);}
+| function_name_simpleop_clashes '(' eol_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_formal_funct_call_c($1, NULL);}
+/* | function_name '(' eol_list il_param_list ')' */
+| function_name_no_clashes '(' eol_list il_param_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_formal_funct_call_c($1, $4);}
+| function_name_simpleop_clashes '(' eol_list il_param_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_formal_funct_call_c($1, $4);}
+/* the function_name_expression_clashes had to be first reduced to
+ * an intermediary symbol in order to remove a reduce/reduce conflict.
+ * In essence, the syntax requires more than one look ahead token
+ * in order to be parsed. We resolve this by reducing a collection of
+ * symbols into a temporary symbol (il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list), that
+ * will later be replaced by the correct symbol. The correct symbol will
+ * now be determined by a single look ahead token, as all the common
+ * symbols have been reduced to the temporary symbol
+ * il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list !
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, this work around results in the wrong symbol
+ * being created for the abstract syntax tree.
+ * We need to figure out which symbol was created, destroy it,
+ * and create the correct symbol for our case.
+ * This is a lot of work, so I put it in a function
+ * at the end of this file... il_operator_c_2_identifier_c()
+ */
+| il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list il_param_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_formal_funct_call_c(il_operator_c_2_identifier_c($1), $2);}
+;
+
+
+il_expr_operator_clash_eol_list:
+  il_expr_operator_clash '(' eol_list
+	{$$ = $1;}
+;
+
+
+il_operand:
+  variable
+| enumerated_value
+| constant
+;
+
+
+il_operand_list:
+  il_operand
+	{$$ = new il_operand_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| il_operand_list ',' il_operand
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+simple_instr_list:
+  il_simple_instruction
+	{$$ = new simple_instr_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| simple_instr_list il_simple_instruction
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+il_simple_instruction:
+  il_simple_operation eol_list
+| il_expression eol_list
+| il_formal_funct_call eol_list
+;
+
+
+/* NOTE: the correct definition of il_param_list is
+ * il_param_list ::= {il_param_instruction} il_param_last_instruction
+ *
+ * where {...} denotes zero or many il_param_instruction's.
+ *
+ * We could do this by defining the following:
+ * il_param_list: il_param_instruction_list il_param_last_instruction;
+ * il_param_instruction_list : ** empty ** | il_param_instruction_list il_param_instruction;
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, the above leads to reduce/reduce conflicts.
+ * The chosen alternative (as follows) does not have any conflicts!
+ * il_param_list: il_param_last_instruction | il_param_instruction_list il_param_last_instruction;
+ * il_param_instruction_list : il_param_instruction_list | il_param_instruction_list il_param_instruction;
+ */
+il_param_list:
+  il_param_instruction_list il_param_last_instruction
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| il_param_last_instruction
+	{$$ = new il_param_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+;
+
+
+/* Helper symbol for il_param_list */
+il_param_instruction_list:
+  il_param_instruction
+	{$$ = new il_param_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| il_param_instruction_list il_param_instruction
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+il_param_instruction:
+  il_param_assignment ',' eol_list
+| il_param_out_assignment ',' eol_list
+;
+
+
+il_param_last_instruction:
+  il_param_assignment eol_list
+| il_param_out_assignment eol_list
+;
+
+
+il_param_assignment:
+  il_assign_operator il_operand
+	{$$ = new il_param_assignment_c($1, $2, NULL);}
+| il_assign_operator '(' eol_list simple_instr_list ')'
+	{$$ = new il_param_assignment_c($1, NULL, $4);}
+;
+
+
+il_param_out_assignment:
+  il_assign_out_operator variable
+	{$$ = new il_param_out_assignment_c($1, $2);}
+;
+
+
+
+/*******************/
+/* B 2.2 Operators */
+/*******************/
+sendto_identifier: sendto_identifier_token {$$ = new identifier_c($1);};
+
+
+/* NOTE:
+ *  The spec includes the operator 'EQ '
+ * Note that EQ is followed by a space.
+ * I am considering this a typo, and defining the operator
+ * as 'EQ'
+ * (Mario)
+ */
+LD_operator: 		LD 	{$$ = new LD_operator_c();};
+LDN_operator: 		LDN 	{$$ = new LDN_operator_c();};
+ST_operator: 		ST 	{$$ = new ST_operator_c();};
+STN_operator: 		STN 	{$$ = new STN_operator_c();};
+NOT_operator: 		NOT 	{$$ = new NOT_operator_c();};
+S_operator: 		S 	{$$ = new S_operator_c();};
+R_operator: 		R 	{$$ = new R_operator_c();};
+S1_operator: 		S1 	{$$ = new S1_operator_c();};
+R1_operator: 		R1 	{$$ = new R1_operator_c();};
+CLK_operator: 		CLK 	{$$ = new CLK_operator_c();};
+CU_operator: 		CU 	{$$ = new CU_operator_c();};
+CD_operator: 		CD 	{$$ = new CD_operator_c();};
+PV_operator: 		PV 	{$$ = new PV_operator_c();};
+IN_operator: 		IN 	{$$ = new IN_operator_c();};
+PT_operator: 		PT 	{$$ = new PT_operator_c();};
+AND_operator: 		AND 	{$$ = new AND_operator_c();};
+AND2_operator: 		AND2 	{$$ = new AND_operator_c();}; /* '&' in the source code! */
+OR_operator: 		OR 	{$$ = new OR_operator_c();};
+XOR_operator: 		XOR 	{$$ = new XOR_operator_c();};
+ANDN_operator: 		ANDN 	{$$ = new ANDN_operator_c();};
+ANDN2_operator:		ANDN2 	{$$ = new ANDN_operator_c();}; /* '&N' in the source code! */
+ORN_operator: 		ORN 	{$$ = new ORN_operator_c();};
+XORN_operator: 		XORN 	{$$ = new XORN_operator_c();};
+ADD_operator: 		ADD 	{$$ = new ADD_operator_c();};
+SUB_operator: 		SUB 	{$$ = new SUB_operator_c();};
+MUL_operator: 		MUL 	{$$ = new MUL_operator_c();};
+DIV_operator: 		DIV 	{$$ = new DIV_operator_c();};
+MOD_operator: 		MOD 	{$$ = new MOD_operator_c();};
+GT_operator: 		GT 	{$$ = new GT_operator_c();};
+GE_operator: 		GE 	{$$ = new GE_operator_c();};
+EQ_operator: 		EQ 	{$$ = new EQ_operator_c();};
+LT_operator: 		LT 	{$$ = new LT_operator_c();};
+LE_operator: 		LE 	{$$ = new LE_operator_c();};
+NE_operator: 		NE 	{$$ = new NE_operator_c();};
+CAL_operator: 		CAL 	{$$ = new CAL_operator_c();};
+CALC_operator: 		CALC 	{$$ = new CALC_operator_c();};
+CALCN_operator: 	CALCN 	{$$ = new CALCN_operator_c();};
+RET_operator: 		RET 	{$$ = new RET_operator_c();};
+RETC_operator: 		RETC 	{$$ = new RETC_operator_c();};
+RETCN_operator: 	RETCN 	{$$ = new RETCN_operator_c();};
+JMP_operator: 		JMP 	{$$ = new JMP_operator_c();};
+JMPC_operator: 		JMPC 	{$$ = new JMPC_operator_c();};
+JMPCN_operator: 	JMPCN 	{$$ = new JMPCN_operator_c();};
+
+/*
+ MAY CONFLICT WITH STANDARD FUNCTION NAMES!!!
+
+NOT_operator: NOT {new NOT_operator_c();};
+
+AND_operator: AND {new AND_operator_c();};
+OR_operator: OR {new OR_operator_c();};
+XOR_operator: XOR {new XOR_operator_c();};
+
+ADD_operator: ADD {new ADD_operator_c();};
+SUB_operator: SUB {new SUB_operator_c();};
+MUL_operator: MUL {new MUL_operator_c();};
+DIV_operator: DIV {new DIV_operator_c();};
+MOD_operator: MOD {new MOD_operator_c();};
+
+GT_operator: GT {new GT_operator_c();};
+GE_operator: GE {new GE_operator_c();};
+EQ_operator: EQ {new EQ_operator_c();};
+LT_operator: LT {new LT_operator_c();};
+LE_operator: LE {new LE_operator_c();};
+NE_operator: NE {new NE_operator_c();};
+*/
+
+
+il_simple_operator:
+  il_simple_operator_clash
+| il_simple_operator_noclash
+;
+
+
+il_simple_operator_noclash:
+  LD_operator
+| LDN_operator
+| ST_operator
+| STN_operator
+| S_operator
+| R_operator
+| S1_operator
+| R1_operator
+| CLK_operator
+| CU_operator
+| CD_operator
+| PV_operator
+| IN_operator
+| PT_operator
+| il_expr_operator_noclash
+;
+
+
+il_simple_operator_clash:
+  il_simple_operator_clash1
+| il_simple_operator_clash2
+;
+
+il_simple_operator_clash1:
+  NOT_operator
+;
+
+il_simple_operator_clash2:
+  il_expr_operator_clash
+;
+
+
+/*
+il_expr_operator:
+  il_expr_operator_noclash
+| il_expr_operator_clash
+;
+*/
+
+il_expr_operator_clash:
+  AND_operator
+| OR_operator
+| XOR_operator
+| ADD_operator
+| SUB_operator
+| MUL_operator
+| DIV_operator
+| MOD_operator
+| GT_operator
+| GE_operator
+| EQ_operator
+| LT_operator
+| LE_operator
+| NE_operator
+;
+
+
+il_expr_operator_noclash:
+  ANDN_operator
+| ANDN2_operator  /* string '&N' in source code! */
+| AND2_operator  /* string '&' in source code! */
+| ORN_operator
+| XORN_operator
+;
+
+
+
+
+il_assign_operator:
+/*  variable_name ASSIGN */
+  any_identifier ASSIGN
+;
+
+
+il_assign_out_operator:
+/*  variable_name SENDTO */
+/*  any_identifier SENDTO */
+  sendto_identifier SENDTO
+	{$$ = new il_assign_out_operator_c(NULL, $1);}
+/*| NOT variable_name SENDTO */
+| NOT sendto_identifier SENDTO
+	{$$ = new il_assign_out_operator_c(new not_paramassign_c(), $2);}
+;
+
+
+il_call_operator:
+  CAL_operator
+| CALC_operator
+| CALCN_operator
+;
+
+
+il_return_operator:
+  RET_operator
+| RETC_operator
+| RETCN_operator
+;
+
+
+il_jump_operator:
+  JMP_operator
+| JMPC_operator
+| JMPCN_operator
+;
+
+
+/***********************/
+/* B 3.1 - Expressions */
+/***********************/
+expression:
+  xor_expression
+| expression OR xor_expression
+	{$$ = new or_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+xor_expression:
+  and_expression
+| xor_expression XOR and_expression
+	{$$ = new xor_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+and_expression:
+  comparison
+| and_expression '&' comparison
+	{$$ = new and_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| and_expression AND comparison
+	{$$ = new and_expression_c($1, $3);}
+/* NOTE: The lexical parser never returns the token '&'.
+ *       The '&' string is interpreted by the lexcial parser as the token
+ *       AND2!
+ *       This means that the first rule with '&' is actually not required,
+ *       but we leave it in nevertheless just in case we later decide
+ *       to remove theh AND2 token...
+ */
+| and_expression AND2 comparison
+	{$$ = new and_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+comparison:
+  equ_expression
+| comparison '=' equ_expression
+	{$$ = new equ_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| comparison OPER_NE equ_expression
+	{$$ = new notequ_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+equ_expression:
+  add_expression
+| equ_expression '<' add_expression
+	{$$ = new lt_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| equ_expression '>' add_expression
+	{$$ = new gt_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| equ_expression OPER_LE add_expression
+	{$$ = new le_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| equ_expression OPER_GE add_expression
+	{$$ = new ge_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* Not required...
+comparison_operator: '<' | '>' | '>=' '<='
+*/
+
+add_expression:
+  term
+| add_expression '+' term
+	{$$ = new add_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| add_expression '-' term
+	{$$ = new sub_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* Not required...
+add_operator: '+' | '-'
+*/
+
+term:
+  power_expression
+| term '*' power_expression
+	{$$ = new mul_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| term '/' power_expression
+	{$$ = new div_expression_c($1, $3);}
+| term MOD power_expression
+	{$$ = new mod_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+/* Not required...
+multiply_operator: '*' | '/' | 'MOD'
+*/
+
+power_expression:
+  unary_expression
+| power_expression OPER_EXP unary_expression
+	{$$ = new power_expression_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+unary_expression:
+  primary_expression
+| '-' primary_expression
+	{$$ = new neg_expression_c($2);}
+| NOT primary_expression
+	{$$ = new not_expression_c($2);}
+;
+
+/* Not required...
+unary_operator: '-' | 'NOT'
+*/
+
+
+/* NOTE: using constant as a possible symbol for primary_expression
+ *       leads to a reduce/reduce conflict.
+ *
+ *       The text '-9' may be parsed as either a
+ *       expression<-primary_expression<-constant<-signed_integer
+ *       (i.e. the constant 9 negative)
+ *       OR
+ *       expression<-unary_expression<-constant<-integer
+ *       (i.e. the constant 9, preceded by a unary negation)
+ *
+ *       To remove the conlfict, we only allow constants without
+ *       a preceding '-' to be used in primary_expression
+ */
+primary_expression:
+/* constant */
+  non_negative_constant
+| enumerated_value
+| variable
+| '(' expression ')'
+	{$$ = $2;}
+|  function_invocation
+;
+
+
+/* intermediate helper symbol for primary_expression */
+/* NOTE: function_name includes the standard function name 'NOT' !
+ *       This introduces a reduce/reduce conflict, as NOT(var)
+ *       may be parsed as either a function_invocation, or a
+ *       unary_expression.
+ *
+ *       I (Mario) have opted to remove the possible reduction
+ *       to function invocation, which means replacing the rule
+ *           function_name '(' param_assignment_list ')'
+ *       with
+ *           function_name_no_NOT_clashes '(' param_assignment_list ')'
+ *
+ *       Notice how the new rule does not include the situation where
+ *       the function NOT is called with more than one parameter, which
+ *       the original rule does include! Callinf the NOT function with more
+ *       than one argument is probably a semantic error anyway, so it
+ *       doesn't make much sense to take it into account.
+ *
+ *       Nevertheless, if we were to to it entirely correctly,
+ *       leaving the semantic checks for the next compiler stage,
+ *       this syntax parser would need to include such a possibility.
+ *
+ *       We will leave this out for now. No need to complicate the syntax
+ *       more than the specification does by contradicting itself, and
+ *       letting names clash!
+ */
+function_invocation:
+/*  function_name '(' param_assignment_list ')' */
+  function_name_no_NOT_clashes '(' param_assignment_list ')'
+	{$$ = new function_invocation_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/********************/
+/* B 3.2 Statements */
+/********************/
+statement_list:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = new statement_list_c();}
+| statement_list statement ';'
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| statement_list pragma
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+| statement_list error ';'
+	{$$ = $1;
+	 print_err_msg(current_filename, @2.last_line, "error in statement.");
+	 /* yychar */
+	 yyerrok;
+	}
+;
+
+
+statement:
+  assignment_statement
+| subprogram_control_statement
+| selection_statement
+| iteration_statement
+;
+
+
+/*********************************/
+/* B 3.2.1 Assignment Statements */
+/*********************************/
+assignment_statement:
+  variable ASSIGN expression
+	{$$ = new assignment_statement_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+/*****************************************/
+/* B 3.2.2 Subprogram Control Statements */
+/*****************************************/
+subprogram_control_statement:
+  fb_invocation
+| return_statement
+;
+
+
+return_statement:
+  RETURN	{$$ = new return_statement_c();}
+;
+
+
+
+fb_invocation:
+  prev_declared_fb_name '(' ')'
+	{$$ = new fb_invocation_c($1, NULL);	}
+| prev_declared_fb_name '(' param_assignment_list ')'
+	{$$ = new fb_invocation_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for
+ * - fb_invocation
+ * - function_invocation
+ */
+param_assignment_list:
+  param_assignment
+	{$$ = new param_assignment_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| param_assignment_list ',' param_assignment
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+
+param_assignment:
+/*  variable_name ASSIGN expression */
+  any_identifier ASSIGN expression
+	{$$ = new input_variable_param_assignment_c($1, $3);}
+| expression
+/*| variable_name SENDTO variable */
+/*| any_identifier SENDTO variable */
+| sendto_identifier SENDTO variable
+	{$$ = new output_variable_param_assignment_c(NULL,$1, $3);}
+/*| variable_name SENDTO variable */
+/*| NOT any_identifier SENDTO variable*/
+| NOT sendto_identifier SENDTO variable
+	{$$ = new output_variable_param_assignment_c(new not_paramassign_c(),$2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 3.2.3 Selection Statements */
+/********************************/
+selection_statement:
+  if_statement
+| case_statement
+;
+
+
+if_statement:
+  IF expression THEN statement_list elseif_statement_list END_IF
+	{$$ = new if_statement_c($2, $4, $5, NULL);}
+| IF expression THEN statement_list elseif_statement_list ELSE statement_list END_IF
+	{$$ = new if_statement_c($2, $4, $5, $7);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for if_statement */
+elseif_statement_list:
+  /* empty */
+	{$$ = new elseif_statement_list_c();}
+| elseif_statement_list elseif_statement
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+/* helper symbol for elseif_statement_list */
+elseif_statement:
+  ELSIF expression THEN statement_list
+	{$$ = new elseif_statement_c($2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+case_statement:
+  CASE expression OF case_element_list END_CASE
+	{$$ = new case_statement_c($2, $4, NULL);}
+| CASE expression OF case_element_list ELSE statement_list END_CASE
+	{$$ = new case_statement_c($2, $4, $6);}
+;
+
+
+/* helper symbol for case_statement */
+case_element_list:
+  case_element
+	{$$ = new case_element_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| case_element_list case_element
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($2);}
+;
+
+
+case_element:
+  case_list ':' statement_list
+	{$$ = new case_element_c($1, $3);}
+;
+
+
+case_list:
+  case_list_element
+	{$$ = new case_list_c(); $$->add_element($1);}
+| case_list ',' case_list_element
+	{$$ = $1; $$->add_element($3);}
+;
+
+
+case_list_element:
+  signed_integer
+| enumerated_value
+| subrange
+;
+
+
+
+
+
+/********************************/
+/* B 3.2.4 Iteration Statements */
+/********************************/
+iteration_statement:
+  for_statement
+| while_statement
+| repeat_statement
+| exit_statement
+;
+
+
+for_statement:
+  FOR control_variable ASSIGN expression TO expression BY expression DO statement_list END_FOR
+	{$$ = new for_statement_c($2, $4, $6, $8, $10);}
+| FOR control_variable ASSIGN expression TO expression DO statement_list END_FOR
+	{$$ = new for_statement_c($2, $4, $6, NULL, $8);}
+;
+
+/* The spec has the syntax
+ * control_variable: identifier;
+ * but then defines the semantics of control_variable
+ * (Section 3.3.2.4) as being of an integer type
+ * (e.g., SINT, INT, or DINT).
+ *
+ * Obviously this presuposes that the control_variable
+ * must have been declared in some VAR .. END_VAR
+ * construct, so I (Mario) changed the syntax to read
+ * control_variable: prev_declared_variable_name;
+*/
+control_variable: prev_declared_variable_name {$$ = $1;};
+
+/* Integrated directly into for_statement */
+/*
+for_list:
+  expression TO expression [BY expression]
+;
+*/
+
+
+while_statement:
+  WHILE expression DO statement_list END_WHILE
+	{$$ = new while_statement_c($2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+repeat_statement:
+  REPEAT statement_list UNTIL expression END_REPEAT
+	{$$ = new repeat_statement_c($2, $4);}
+;
+
+
+exit_statement:
+  EXIT	{$$ = new exit_statement_c();}
+;
+
+
+
+
+
+%%
+
+#include <stdio.h>	/* required for printf() */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "../util/symtable.hh"
+
+/* variables defined in code generated by flex... */
+extern FILE *yyin;
+extern int yylineno;
+
+/* The following function is called automatically by bison whenever it comes across
+ * an error. Unfortunately it calls this function before executing the code that handles
+ * the error itself, so we cannot print out the correct line numbers of the error location
+ * over here.
+ * Our solution is to store the current error message in a global variable, and have all
+ * error action handlers call the function print_err_msg() after setting the location
+ * (line number) variable correctly.
+ */
+const char *current_error_msg;
+void yyerror (const char *error_msg) {
+  current_error_msg = error_msg;
+/* fprintf(stderr, "error %d: %s\n", yynerrs // global variable //, error_msg); */
+  print_include_stack();
+}
+
+
+void print_err_msg(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *additional_error_msg) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "error %d: %s\n", yynerrs, additional_error_msg);
+  print_include_stack();
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: %s\n", filename, lineno, current_error_msg);
+}
+
+/* Function only called from within flex!
+ *
+ * search for a symbol in either of the two symbol tables
+ * declared above, and return the token id of the first
+ * symbol found.
+ * Searches first in the variables, and only if not found
+ * does it continue searching in the library elements
+ */
+int get_identifier_token(const char *identifier_str) {
+//  std::cout << "get_identifier_token(" << identifier_str << "): \n";
+  int token_id;
+
+  if ((token_id = variable_name_symtable.find_value(identifier_str)) == variable_name_symtable.end_value())
+    if ((token_id = library_element_symtable.find_value(identifier_str)) == library_element_symtable.end_value())
+      return identifier_token;
+  return token_id;
+}
+
+
+
+/* convert between an il_operator to a function name */
+/* This a kludge!
+ * It is required because our language requires more than one
+ * look ahead token, and bison only works with one!
+ */
+#define op_2_str(op, str) {\
+  op ## _operator_c *ptr = dynamic_cast<op ## _operator_c *>(il_operator); \
+  if (ptr != NULL) name = str; \
+}
+
+/* NOTE: this code is very ugly and un-eficient, but I (Mario) have many
+ *       more things to worry about right now, so just let it be...
+ */
+symbol_c *il_operator_c_2_identifier_c(symbol_c *il_operator) {
+  const char *name = NULL;
+
+  op_2_str(NOT, "NOT");
+
+  op_2_str(AND, "AND");
+  op_2_str(OR, "OR");
+  op_2_str(XOR, "XOR");
+  op_2_str(ADD, "ADD");
+  op_2_str(SUB, "SUB");
+  op_2_str(MUL, "MUL");
+  op_2_str(DIV, "DIV");
+  op_2_str(MOD, "MOD");
+  op_2_str(GT, "GT");
+  op_2_str(GE, "GE");
+  op_2_str(EQ, "EQ");
+  op_2_str(LT, "LT");
+  op_2_str(LE, "LE");
+  op_2_str(NE, "NE");
+
+  op_2_str(LD, "LD");
+  op_2_str(LDN, "LDN");
+  op_2_str(ST, "ST");
+  op_2_str(STN, "STN");
+
+  op_2_str(S, "S");
+  op_2_str(R, "R");
+  op_2_str(S1, "S1");
+  op_2_str(R1, "R1");
+
+  op_2_str(CLK, "CLK");
+  op_2_str(CU, "CU");
+  op_2_str(CD, "CD");
+  op_2_str(PV, "PV");
+  op_2_str(IN, "IN");
+  op_2_str(PT, "PT");
+
+  op_2_str(ANDN, "ANDN");
+  op_2_str(ORN, "ORN");
+  op_2_str(XORN, "XORN");
+
+  op_2_str(ADD, "ADD");
+  op_2_str(SUB, "SUB");
+  op_2_str(MUL, "MUL");
+  op_2_str(DIV, "DIV");
+
+  op_2_str(GT, "GT");
+  op_2_str(GE, "GE");
+  op_2_str(EQ, "EQ");
+  op_2_str(LT, "LT");
+  op_2_str(LE, "LE");
+  op_2_str(NE, "NE");
+
+  op_2_str(CAL, "CAL");
+  op_2_str(CALC, "CALC");
+  op_2_str(CALCN, "CALCN");
+  op_2_str(RET, "RET");
+  op_2_str(RETC, "RETC");
+  op_2_str(RETCN, "RETCN");
+  op_2_str(JMP, "JMP");
+  op_2_str(JMPC, "JMPC");
+  op_2_str(JMPCN, "JMPCN");
+
+  if (name == NULL)
+    ERROR;
+
+  free(il_operator);
+  return new identifier_c(strdup(name));
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Join two strings together. Allocate space with malloc(3).
+ */
+static char *strdup2(const char *a, const char *b) {
+  char *res = (char *)malloc(strlen(a) + strlen(b) + 1);
+
+  if (!res)
+    return NULL;
+  return strcat(strcpy(res, a), b);  /* safe, actually */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Join three strings together. Allocate space with malloc(3).
+ */
+static char *strdup3(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c) {
+  char *res = (char *)malloc(strlen(a) + strlen(b) + strlen(c) + 1);
+
+  if (!res)
+    return NULL;
+  return strcat(strcat(strcpy(res, a), b), c);  /* safe, actually */
+}
+
+
+
+
+const char *standard_function_names[] = {
+// 2.5.1.5.1  Type conversion functions
+/*
+ *_TO_**
+ TRUNC
+ *_BCD_TO_**
+ **_TO_BCD_*
+ (REAL or LREAL to SINT, INT, DINT or LINT)
+*/
+"TRUNC",
+"TIME_TO_REAL",
+// 2.5.1.5.2  Numerical functions
+//   Table 23 - Standard functions of one numeric variable
+"ABS","SQRT","LN","LOG","EXP","SIN","COS","TAN","ASIN","ACOS","ATAN",
+//   Table 24 - Standard arithmetic functions
+"ADD","MUL","SUB","DIV","MOD"/* See note (a) */,"EXPT","MOVE",
+// 2.5.1.5.3  Bit string functions
+//   Table 25 - Standard bit shift functions
+"SHL","SHR","ROR","ROL",
+// 2.5.1.5.4  Selection and comparison functions
+//   Table 26 - Standard bitwise Boolean functions
+"AND","OR","XOR","NOT",
+//   Table 27 - Standard selection functions
+"SEL","MAX","MIN","LIMIT","MUX",
+//   Table 28 - Standard comparison functions
+"GT","GE","EQ","LE","LT","NE",
+// 2.5.1.5.5  Character string functions
+//   Table 29 - Standard character string functions
+"LEN","LEFT","RIGHT","MID","CONCAT","INSERT","DELETE","REPLACE","FIND",
+// 2.5.1.5.6  Functions of time data types
+//   Table 30 - Functions of time data types
+"ADD_TIME","ADD_TOD_TIME","ADD_DT_TIME","SUB_TIME","SUB_DATE_DATE",
+"SUB_TOD_TIME","SUB_TOD_TOD","SUB_DT_TIME","SUB_DT_DT","MULTIME",
+"DIVTIME","CONCAT_DATE_TOD",
+// 2.5.1.5.7  Functions of enumerated data types
+//   Table 31 - Functions of enumerated data types
+// "SEL", /* already above! We cannot have duplicates! */
+// "MUX", /* already above! We cannot have duplicates! */
+// "EQ",  /* already above! We cannot have duplicates! */
+// "NE",  /* already above! We cannot have duplicates! */
+
+/* end of array marker! Do not remove! */
+NULL
+
+/* Note (a):
+ *  This function has a name equal to a reserved keyword.
+ *  This means that adding it here is irrelevant because the
+ *  lexical parser will consider it the XXX token before
+ *  it interprets it as an identifier and looks it up
+ *  in the library elements symbol table.
+ */
+};
+
+
+
+
+const char *standard_function_block_names[] = {
+// 2.5.2.3.1  Bistable elements
+//   Table 34 - Standard bistable function blocks
+//"SR","RS",
+// 2.5.2.3.2  Edge detection
+//   Table 35 - Standard edge detection function blocks
+"R_TRIG","F_TRIG",
+// 2.5.2.3.3  Counters
+//   Table 36 - Standard counter function blocks
+"CTU","CTU_LINT","CTU_UDINT","CTU_ULINT",
+"CTD","CTD_DINT","CTD_LINT","CTD_UDINT",
+"CTUD","CTUD_DINT","CTUD_LINT","CTUD_ULINT",
+// 2.5.2.3.4  Timers
+//   Table 37 - Standard timer function blocks
+"TP","TON","TOF",
+/* end of array marker! Do not remove! */
+NULL
+};
+
+
+#define LIBFILE "ieclib.txt"
+#define DEF_LIBFILENAME LIBDIRECTORY "/" LIBFILE
+
+int stage1_2(const char *filename, const char *includedir, symbol_c **tree_root_ref) {
+  FILE *in_file = NULL, *lib_file = NULL;
+  char *libfilename = NULL;
+
+  if((in_file = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL) {
+    char *errmsg = strdup2("Error opening main file ", filename);
+    perror(errmsg);
+    free(errmsg);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (includedir != NULL) {
+    if ((libfilename = strdup3(includedir, "/", LIBFILE)) == NULL) {
+      fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory. Bailing out!\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    if((lib_file = fopen(libfilename, "r")) == NULL) {
+      char *errmsg = strdup2("Error opening library file ", libfilename);
+      perror(errmsg);
+      free(errmsg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (lib_file == NULL) {
+    /* we try again... */
+    if ((libfilename = strdup(DEF_LIBFILENAME)) == NULL) {
+      fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory. Bailing out!\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    if((lib_file = fopen(libfilename, "r")) == NULL) {
+      char *errmsg = strdup2("Error opening library file ", libfilename);
+      perror(errmsg);
+      free(errmsg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (lib_file == NULL) {
+    /* we give up... */
+    free(libfilename);
+    fclose(in_file);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  /* first parse the standard library file... */
+  yyin = lib_file;
+  yylineno = 1;
+  allow_function_overloading = true;
+  current_filename = libfilename;
+  if (yyparse() != 0)
+      ERROR;
+
+  if (yynerrs > 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "\nFound %d error(s) in %s. Bailing out!\n", yynerrs /* global variable */, libfilename);
+    ERROR;
+  }
+  free(libfilename);
+  fclose(lib_file);
+
+  /* if by any chance the library is not complete, we
+   * now add the missing reserved keywords to the list!!!
+   */
+  for(int i = 0; standard_function_names[i] != NULL; i++)
+    if (library_element_symtable.find_value(standard_function_names[i]) ==
+        library_element_symtable.end_value())
+      library_element_symtable.insert(standard_function_names[i], standard_function_name_token);
+
+  for(int i = 0; standard_function_block_names[i] != NULL; i++)
+    if (library_element_symtable.find_value(standard_function_block_names[i]) ==
+        library_element_symtable.end_value())
+      library_element_symtable.insert(standard_function_block_names[i], standard_function_block_name_token);
+
+#if YYDEBUG
+  yydebug = 1;
+#endif
+
+  /* now parse the input file... */
+  yyin = in_file;
+  yylineno = 1;
+  allow_function_overloading = false;
+  current_filename = filename;
+  if (yyparse() != 0)
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+  if (yynerrs > 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "\nFound %d error(s). Bailing out!\n", yynerrs /* global variable */);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  if (tree_root_ref != NULL)
+    *tree_root_ref = tree_root;
+
+  fclose(in_file);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+