ethod of the parser and defaults to 3). <p>

Specifically, the parser first looks for the closest state to the top
of the parse stack that has an outgoing transition under
<tt>error</tt>.  This generally corresponds to working from
productions that represent more detailed constructs (such as a specific
kind of statement) up to productions that represent more general or
enclosing constructs (such as the general production for all
statements or a production representing a whole section of declarations) 
until