Re: standards/44063: awk: setting NF doesn't affect $<fieldnum>

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

>  So I think this is a good change regardless of whether the standard
>  really demands it...
>  
>  I'd say there there is one open question, which is whether
>  
>     % echo 1 2 3 | awk '{ NF=2; NF=3; print; }'
>  
>  should print "1 2" or "1 2 3", IOW, whether assiging NF destroys or
>  merely hides subsequent values. That one i could argue either way...

GNU awk and mawk destroy them.  This is why
I implemented assigning NF this way.

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Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.