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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2019-11-21 22:02:37 +0200
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Doc update. The time extension is now obsolete.
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@node Extension Sample Time
@subsection Extension Time Functions
+@quotation CAUTION
+As @command{gawk} @value{PVERSION} 5.1.0, this extension is considered to be obsolete.
+It is replaced by the @code{timex} extension in @code{gawkextlib}
+(@pxref{gawkextlib}).
+
+For @value{PVERSION} 5.1, no warning will be issued if this extension is used.
+For the next major release, a warning will be issued. In the release after that
+this extension will be removed from the distribution.
+@end quotation
+
The @code{time} extension adds two functions, named @code{gettimeofday()}
and @code{sleep()}, as follows: