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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 9b890fe6..22358d1e 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -29097,6 +29097,7 @@ of the program and the precedence rules. For example, @samp{(3 + 5) * 4} means add three and five, then multiply the total by four. However, @samp{3 + 5 * 4} has no parentheses, and means @samp{3 + (5 * 4)}. +However, explicit parentheses in the source program are retained. @ignore @item @@ -29135,12 +29136,14 @@ come out as: @example /foo/ @{ - print $0 + print @} @end example @noindent which is correct, but possibly unexpected. +(If a program uses both @samp{print $0} and plain +@samp{print}, that distinction is retained.) @cindex profiling @command{awk} programs, dynamically @cindex @command{gawk} program, dynamic profiling @@ -29225,12 +29228,10 @@ There is a significant difference between the output created when profiling, and that created when pretty-printing. Pretty-printed output preserves the original comments that were in the program, although their placement may not correspond exactly to their original locations in the -source code.@footnote{@command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve +source code. However, no comments should be lost. +Also, @command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve the distinction between comments at the end of a statement and comments -on lines by themselves. Due to implementation constraints, it does not -always do so correctly, particularly for @code{switch} statements. The -@command{gawk} maintainers hope to improve this in a subsequent -release.} +on lines by themselves. This isn't always perfect, though. However, as a deliberate design decision, profiling output @emph{omits} the original program's comments. This allows you to focus on the |