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Changes from 3.1.4 to 3.1.5
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1. The random() suite has been updated to a current FreeBSD version, which
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works on systems with > 32-bit ints.
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2. A new option, `--exec' has been added. It's like -f but ends option
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processing. It also disables `x=y' variable assignments, but not -v.
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It's needed mainly for CGI scripts, so that source code can't be
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passed in as part of the URL.
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3. dfa.[ch] have been synced with GNU grep development. This also fixes
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multiple regex matching problems in multibyte locales.
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4. Updated to Automake 1.9.5.
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5. Updated to Bison 2.0.
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6. The getopt* and regex* files were synchronized with current GLIBC CVS.
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See the ChangeLog for the versions and minor edits made.
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7. `configure --disable-nls' now disables just gawk's own translations.
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Gawk continues to work with the locale's numeric formatting. This
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includes a bug fix in handling the printf ' flag (e.g., %'d).
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8. Gawk is now multibyte aware. This means that index(), length(),
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substr() and match() all work in terms of characters, not bytes.
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9. Gawk is now smarter about parsing numeric constants in corner cases.
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11. Not closing open redirections no longer causes gawk to exit non-zero.
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10. The VMS port has been updated.
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11. Changes from Andrew Schorr at the xmlgawk project to provide for
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open hooks from extensions are now included. This will let the
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xmlgawk extension work in the standard gawk.
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12. Updated to gettext 0.14.4. Gawk no longer includes its own copy
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of the gettext `intl' library, following current GNU practice to
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rely on there being an external version thereof.
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13. A regexp of the form `//' will now generate a warning that it
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is not a C++ comment from --lint (awk.y).
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14. The ^ and ^= operators with an integer exponent now use Exponentiation
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by Squaring. This simultaneously fixes a problem with ^= and a negative
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15. length(array) now returns the number of elements in the array. This is
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is a non-standard extension that will fail in POSIX mode.
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16. Carriage return characters are now ignored in program source code.
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17. Four new translations added.
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18. Various minor bugs fixed. See the ChangeLog for the details.
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