gawk3.0.6

[Robert Katz]

Hi gawk fans:

For gawk3.0.6 running on Tru64 UNIX V5.0a, compiled with gcc2.8.1,
notice the following commands:

    $ gawk '/*/' /dev/null
    $ print $?
    0

I believe the gawk line should fail.  The regular expression is
missing an operand.   The '*' must modify something, but it doesn't.
The following two sequences seem to be equivalent, but they shouldn't
be.

    $ gawk '/*/'

      and

    $ gawk '/\*/'

They both seem to search for a literal '*'.

What do you think?

Regards,

Robert Katz