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diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS new file mode 100644 index 00000000..816ac26c --- /dev/null +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +This is a list of known problems in the current version of gawk. +Hopefully they will all be fixed in the next major release of gawk. + +Please keep in mind that this is still beta software and the code +is still undergoing significant evolution. + +1. Memory Management. Gawk has memory leaks. This version (12/23/88) is + better than earlier versions, but still not wonderful. + +2. Gawk reportedly does not work well with the BSD getopt. The getopt from + gnu grep is reported to work fine. + +3. The % operator truncates to integer. This will be fixed. + +4. \ inside [] in regexps doesn't work like the book says they should. + This will also be fixed. + +5. %g does not seem to truncate non-significant zeros. + +6. No gawk.texinfo; this is being worked on. + +7. MS-DOS support. This version does not have it, although support for + MSC 5.1 was recently contributed and will be included in the next + major release. + +Arnold Robbins |