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@@ -1335,8 +1335,8 @@ language that makes it easy to handle simple data-reformatting jobs.
The GNU implementation of @command{awk} is called @command{gawk}; if you
invoke it with the proper options or environment variables,
it is fully compatible with
-the POSIX@footnote{The 2008 POSIX standard is accessible online at
-@w{@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/}.}}
+the POSIX@footnote{The 2018 POSIX standard is accessible online at
+@w{@url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/}.}}
specification of the @command{awk} language
and with the Unix version of @command{awk} maintained
by Brian Kernighan.
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ Of significant note for that edition was the addition of @ref{Debugger}.
For FSF edition
@ifclear FOR_PRINT
-@value{EDITION},
+5.0,
@end ifclear
@ifset FOR_PRINT
@value{EDITION}
@@ -38861,7 +38861,7 @@ The ability to delete all of an array at once with @samp{delete @var{array}}
@xref{Common Extensions} for a list of common extensions
not permitted by the POSIX standard.
-The 2008 POSIX standard can be found online at
+The 2018 POSIX standard can be found online at
@url{http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/}.
@@ -42984,7 +42984,7 @@ to provide a minimal yet powerful set of features for creating extensions.
@node Extension Future Growth
@appendixsubsec Room For Future Growth
-The API can later be expanded, in two ways:
+The API can later be expanded, in at least the following way:
@itemize @value{BULLET}
@item
@@ -42994,15 +42994,10 @@ to @command{gawk} with each function call. This mechanism allows
@command{gawk} to identify the extension calling into it, should it need
to know.
-@item
-Similarly, the extension passes a ``name space'' into @command{gawk}
-when it registers each extension function. This accommodates a possible future
-mechanism for grouping extension functions and possibly avoiding name
-conflicts.
@end itemize
Of course, as of this writing, no decisions have been made with respect
-to any of the above.
+to the above.
@node Notes summary
@appendixsec Summary
@@ -44029,7 +44024,7 @@ that specify a Portable Operating System interface. The ``IX'' denotes
the Unix heritage of these standards. The main standard of interest for
@command{awk} users is
@cite{IEEE Standard for Information Technology, Standard 1003.1-2008}.
-The 2008 POSIX standard can be found online at
+The 2018 POSIX standard can be found online at
@url{http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/}.
@item Precedence