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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Changes from 3.1.8 to 4.0.0 3. The \s and \S escape sequences are now recognized in regular expressions. -4. The split function accepts an optional fourth argument which is an array +4. The split() function accepts an optional fourth argument which is an array to hold the values of the separators. 5. New -b / --characters-as-bytes option that means "hands off my data"; gawk @@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ Changes from 3.1.8 to 4.0.0 18. `break' and `continue' are no longer valid outside a loop, even with --traditional. -19. POSIX character classes work, even with --traditional (BWK awk supports - them). +19. POSIX character classes work with --traditional (BWK awk supports them). 20. Nuked redundant --compat, --copyleft, and --usage long options. -21. Arrays of arrays added. +21. Arrays of arrays added. See the doc. 22. Per the GNU Coding Standards, dynamic extensions must now define a global symbol indicating that they are GPL-compatible. See @@ -73,7 +72,22 @@ Changes from 3.1.8 to 4.0.0 24. The option for raw sockets was removed, since it was never implemented. -25. Many code cleanups. Removed code for many old, unsupported systems. +25. If not in POSIX mode, gawk turns ranges of the form [d-h] into + [defgh] before compiling a regexp. Maybe this will stop all the + questions about [a-z] matching uppercase letters. + THIS CHANGES BEHAVIOR!!!! + +26. PROCINFO["strftime"] now holds the default format for strftime(). + +27. Many code cleanups. Removed code for many old, unsupported systems: + - Atari + - Amiga + - BeOS + - Tandem (non-POSIX) + - MS-DOS with Microsoft Compiler + - MS-Windows with Microsoft Compiler + - SunOS 3.x, Sun 386 (Road Runner) + - Probably others that I've forgotten Changes from 3.1.7 to 3.1.8 --------------------------- |