blog: fix Yacc links in the generating code post
The post has a dead link to the Go version of Yacc (goyacc).
It was moved to 'golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc' in CL 27325.
Fixes golang/go#20434.
Change-Id: I16e39d0bc2be422b129fd5cadd95f9b3a52c1abd
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/44230
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
diff --git a/content/generate.article b/content/generate.article
index 3d4192e..a95c2c5 100644
--- a/content/generate.article
+++ b/content/generate.article
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
Modern computers are so fast this expensive-sounding sequence can complete in a fraction of a second.
There are lots of other examples of programs that write programs.
-[[http://golang.org/cmd/yacc/][Yacc]], for instance, reads in a description of a grammar and writes out a program to parse that grammar.
+[[https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc][Yacc]], for instance, reads in a description of a grammar and writes out a program to parse that grammar.
The protocol buffer "compiler" reads an interface description and emits structure definitions,
methods, and other support code.
Configuration tools of all sorts work like this too, examining metadata or the environment
@@ -40,18 +40,23 @@
The `go` `generate` command is easy to use.
As a warmup, here's how to use it to generate a Yacc grammar.
+
+First, install Go's Yacc tool:
+
+ go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc
+
Say you have a Yacc input file called `gopher.y` that defines a grammar for your new language.
To produce the Go source file implementing the grammar,
-you would normally invoke the standard Go version of Yacc like this:
+you would normally invoke the command like this:
- go tool yacc -o gopher.go -p parser gopher.y
+ goyacc -o gopher.go -p parser gopher.y
The `-o` option names the output file while `-p` specifies the package name.
To have `go` `generate` drive the process, in any one of the regular (non-generated) `.go` files
in the same directory, add this comment anywhere in the file:
- //go:generate go tool yacc -o gopher.go -p parser gopher.y
+ //go:generate goyacc -o gopher.go -p parser gopher.y
This text is just the command above prefixed by a special comment recognized by `go` `generate`.
The comment must start at the beginning of the line and have no spaces between the `//` and the `go:generate`.
