Re: [bug-gawk] gawk - 'inplace' feature ignores file's access flags (read-only)

[Nethox]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:

I am not a native English speaker but as far as I understand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_situ
"in situ" also means "in place".

Yes, I inserted that parenthesis afterwards in the wrong place. I wanted to say:
I think this feature should be called "replace editing" instead of "in-place editing" (or "in situ").
Based on this concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-place_algorithm
"In computer science, an in-place algorithm (or in Latin in situ) is an algorithm which transforms input using a data structure with a small, constant amount of extra storage space. The input is usually overwritten by the output as the algorithm executes. An algorithm which is not in-place is sometimes called not-in-place or out-of-place (or ex situ in Latin)."