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Re: Unexpected parsing error in Gawk

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From: Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC}
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1989 14:12
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In article <1989Oct2.222916.4588@cs.rochester.edu> quiroz@cs.rochester.edu (Cesar Quiroz) writes:
}}Consider the line marked `*' in this program:
}}
}}*   !inleader && /^[ \t]*$/     {   trailers++; next }

In article <4422@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> arnold@emory.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC}) writes:
>This has been fixed in GAWK 2.11, scheduled for release Real Soon Now.

Sigh.  I spoke too soon.  It is still broke in 2.11.  But it should be fixed
(I hope) by the time 2.11 is out.

There's Always One More Bug!
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From: arnold@mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Re: Unexpected parsing error in Gawk
Message-ID: <4432@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 89 14:12:07 GMT
References: <1989Oct2.222916.4588@cs.rochester.edu> <4422@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
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Organization: Math and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta GA
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