Revert "Add argument to CParser.__init__ for overriding the yacc start symbol. (#159)"

This reverts commit 44137334bac69df72c6378fa84931006179d8bdf.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/pycparser/c_parser.py b/pycparser/c_parser.py
index 6a27ccc..a69688d 100644
--- a/pycparser/c_parser.py
+++ b/pycparser/c_parser.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ class CParser(PLYParser):
             yacc_optimize=True,
             yacctab='pycparser.yacctab',
             yacc_debug=False,
-            taboutputdir='',
-            start='translation_unit_or_empty'):
+            taboutputdir=''):
         """ Create a new CParser.
 
             Some arguments for controlling the debug/optimization
@@ -75,10 +74,6 @@ class CParser(PLYParser):
             taboutputdir:
                 Set this parameter to control the location of generated
                 lextab and yacctab files.
-
-            start:
-                Sets the parser start symbol.  By default, it is
-                'translation_unit_or_empty'.
         """
         self.clex = lexer(
             error_func=self._lex_error_func,
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ class CParser(PLYParser):
 
         self.cparser = yacc.yacc(
             module=self,
-            start=start,
+            start='translation_unit_or_empty',
             debug=yacc_debug,
             optimize=yacc_optimize,
             tabmodule=yacctab,
diff --git a/tests/test_c_parser.py b/tests/test_c_parser.py
index 826f875..2bd43d1 100755
--- a/tests/test_c_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_c_parser.py
@@ -1898,15 +1898,6 @@ class TestCParser_typenames(TestCParser_base):
         self.assertRaises(ParseError, self.parse, s2)
 
 
-class TestCParser_extra(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_start_symbol(self):
-        parser = c_parser.CParser(lex_optimize=False, yacc_debug=True,
-                                  yacc_optimize=False, yacctab='yacctab',
-                                  start='expression')
-        ast = parser.parse("1 + 2")
-        assert isinstance(ast, BinaryOp)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #~ suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromNames(
         #~ ['test_c_parser.TestCParser_fundamentals.test_typedef'])