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author | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000 |
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committer | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000 |
commit | 2618fad5bbb2d0182eb31ed805c41b543c513940 (patch) | |
tree | 52ba93338b13aefd02a0055304a9eccfa0e049f5 /contrib/perl5/x2p/a2p.pod | |
parent | 77644ee620b6a79cf8c538abaf7cd301a875528d (diff) | |
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Vendor import of Perl 5.006
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diff --git a/contrib/perl5/x2p/a2p.pod b/contrib/perl5/x2p/a2p.pod index fa726fb..f6395a4 100644 --- a/contrib/perl5/x2p/a2p.pod +++ b/contrib/perl5/x2p/a2p.pod @@ -43,10 +43,25 @@ causes a2p to assume that input will always have that many fields. =item B<-o> -tells a2p to use old awk behavior. For now, the only difference is -that old awk always has a line loop, even if there are no line +tells a2p to use old awk behavior. The only current differences are: + +=over 5 + +=item + +Old awk always has a line loop, even if there are no line actions, whereas new awk does not. +=item + +In old awk, sprintf is extremely greedy about its arguments. +For example, given the statement + + print sprintf(some_args), extra_args; + +old awk considers I<extra_args> to be arguments to C<sprintf>; new awk +considers them arguments to C<print>. + =back =head2 "Considerations" |