Re: bin/39002: harmful AWK extension: non-portable escaped character

To: James Chacon <jmc%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: bin/39002: harmful AWK extension: non-portable escaped character
From: David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:39:25 +0000

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:31:40AM -0700, James Chacon wrote:
> i.e. there's nothing stating that
>
> \x -> \x
>
> or
>
> \x -> x
>
> inside a string. It's not clearly defined there at all.

...which is why it ought to generate a warning.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

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