On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> > 	$ echo | awk '{ print -1 * 0 }'
> > 	-0
> > 
> > Would it be OK if I commit the following patch, which ensures that
> > arithmetic in awk will never yield a negative zero?
> 
> No objection from me.  Does POSIX have anything to say about this?  What does
> GNU AWK do?

glacier:/opt/home/reed/book/bsdwiki$ echo | awk '{ print -1 * 0 }'
-0

glacier:/opt/home/reed/book/bsdwiki$ echo | gawk '{ print -1 * 0 }'
0

glacier:/opt/home/reed/book/bsdwiki$ pkg_info -Fe `which gawk`
gawk-3.1.5nb1