Re: [bug-gawk] [PATCH] gawk: Comply with IEEE Std 1003.1

[arnold]

Samy Mahmoudi <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When using the option -v *assignment*, POSIX awk "shall ensure
> that the assignment argument is in the same form as an assignment
> operand", in which "the characters following the equal sign shall
> be interpreted as ... a *STRING* token".
>
> Moreover, lexical conventions demand that the *STRING* token "shall
> represent a string constant" in which "a <newline> shall not occur".
>
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html
>
> Best regards,
> Samy Mahmoudi

Thanks for the pointer and the patch. Unfortunately, your code
doesn't quite match what Brian's awk does, since \-<newline> is
allowed inside strings:

$ nawk -v x='abc\
> def' 'BEGIN { print x }'
abc
def

I will look into adapting your patch to match his code. nawk and gawk
are less picky about newlines.

Thanks

Arnold