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@@ -1,3 +1,111 @@ +Changes from 2.15.5 to 2.15.6 +----------------------------- + +Copyrights updated on all changed files. + +test directory enhanced with four new tests. + +Gawk now generates a warning for \x without following hexadecimal digits. +In this case, it returns 'x', not \0. + +Several fixes in main.c related to variable initialization: + CONVFMT has a default value + resetup is called before initializing variables + the varinit table fixed up a bit (see the comments) + +gawk.1 updated with new BUG REPORTS section. + +A plain `print' inside a BEGIN or END now generates a lint warning (awk.y). + +Small fix in iop.c:get_a_record to avoid reading uninitialized memory. + +awk.y:yylex now does a better job of handling things if the source file +does not end in a newline. Probably there is more work to be done. + +Memory leaks fixed in awk.y, particularly in cases of duplicate function +parameters. Also, calling a function doesn't leak memory during parsing. + +Empty function bodies are now allowed (awk.y). + +Gawk now detects duplicate parameter names in functions (awk.y). + +New function `error' in msg.c added for use from awk.y. + +eval.c:r_get_lhs now checks if its argument is a parameter on the stack, +and pulls down the real variable. This catches more 'using an array as +a scalar' kinds of errors. + +main.c recovers C alloca space after parsing, this is important for +bison-based parsers. re.c recovers C alloca space after doing an research. +[Changes from Pat Rankin] + +builtin.c now declares the random() related functions based on +RANDOM_MISSING from config.h. [Suggested by Pat Rankin] + +awk.h now handles alloca correctly for HP-UX. [Kaveh Ghazi] + +regex.h and config/cray60 updated for Unicos 8.0. [Hal Peterson] + +Fixed re.c and dfa.c so that gawk no longer leaks memory when using +lots of dynamic regexps. + +Removed dependency on signed chars from `idx' variable in awk.h. Gawk +now passes its test suite if compiled with `gcc -fno-signed-char'. + +Fixed warning on close in io.c to go under lint control. Too many people +have complained about the spurious message, particularly when closing a +child pipeline early. + +Gawk now correctly handles RS = "" when input is from a terminal +(iop.c:get_a_record). + +Config file added for GNU. + +gawk 'BEGIN { exit 1 } ; END { exit }' now exits 1, as it should +(eval.c:interpret). + +sub and gsub now follow posix, \ escapes both & and \. Each \ must +be doubled initially in the program to get it into the string. +Thanks to Mike Brennan for pointing this out (builtin.c:sub_common). + +If FS is "", gawk behaves like mawk and nawk, making the whole record be $1. +Yet Another Dark Corner. Sigh (field.c:def_parse_field). + +Gawk now correctly recomputes string values for numbers if CONVFMT has +changed (awk.h:force_string, node.c:r_force_string). + +A regexp of the form `/* this looks like a comment but is not */' will +now generate a warning from --lint (awk.y). + +Gawk will no longer core dump if given an empty input file (awk.y:get_src_buf, +iop.c:optimal_bufsize). + +A printf format of the form %lf is handled correctly. The `l' generates +a lint warning (builtin.c:format_tree) [Thanks to Mark Moraes]. + +Lynxos config file added. + +`continue' outside a loop treated as `next' only in compatibility mode, +instead of by default; recent att nawk chokes on this now. `break' +outside a loop now treated as `next' in compatibility mode (eval.c). + +Bug fix in string concatenation, an arbitrary number of expressions +are allowed (eval.c). + +$1 += $2 now works correctly (eval.c). + +Changing IGNORECASE no longer resets field-splitting to FS if it was +using FIELDWIDTHS (eval.c, field.c). + +Major enhancement: $0 and NF for last record read are now preserved +into the END rule (io.c). + +Regexp fixes: + /./ now matches a newline (regex.h) + ^ and $ match beginning and end of string only, not any embedded + newlines (re.c) + regex.c should compile and work ok on 64-bit mips/sgi machines + Changes from 2.15.4 to 2.15.5 ----------------------------- |