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Re: bin/59803: sed(1) conditional branch command confuses subsequent line addressing
The following reply was made to PR bin/59803; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: elo%sdf.org@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, "Robert Elz via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc:
Subject: Re: bin/59803: sed(1) conditional branch command confuses subsequent
line addressing
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:42:22 +0000
Hello, Robert.
> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:20:02 +0000
> From: Robert Elz via gnats <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
>
> [...] dual address commands are not defined to be "any line that happens
> to be at or after the first address and at or before the second address",
> they are "start (only) when the first address is found", and "stop when the
> second address is found (and only then)".
Ah! So there _is_ state! That is the crucial detail I've been missing.
Thank you very much indeed for stating it so clearly, and my apologies
to everyone for making such a nuisance of myself.
Cheers,
elo
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