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bug#21486: [PATCH 3/3] dfa: cache transition from a state with dot expre
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Jim Meyering |
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bug#21486: [PATCH 3/3] dfa: cache transition from a state with dot expression in non-UTF8 multibyte locales |
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Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:06:51 -0700 |
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:14 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Paul.
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> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> I also installed the attached patch 2, which ports the resulting dfa.c
>> to C90; as I understand it Gawk still needs this.
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> Thanks for this. You're correct, although at some point I'll move to C99.
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> You still need this additional change to fully move to C90.
Hi Arnold,
Would you please accelerate gawk's conversion to C99?
I won't undo these changes, but really feel like I should.
This is tricky code, and making it even ever-so-slightly less
readable/maintainable goes against the best interests of all of us.
And for what benefit? Only to support those rare few who maintain
museum pieces and/or are unwilling to install a modern compiler.