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diff --git a/contrib/one-true-awk/FIXES b/contrib/one-true-awk/FIXES index bf9381b..296a2c9 100644 --- a/contrib/one-true-awk/FIXES +++ b/contrib/one-true-awk/FIXES @@ -25,6 +25,52 @@ THIS SOFTWARE. This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the AWK book was sent to the printers in August, 1987. +Jul 29, 2003: + fixed (i think) the long-standing botch that included the beginning of + line state ^ for RE's in the set of valid characters; this led to a + variety of odd problems, including failure to properly match certain + regular expressions in non-US locales. thanks to ruslan for keeping + at this one. + +Jul 28, 2003: + n-th try at getting internationalization right, with thanks to volker + kiefel, arnold robbins and ruslan ermilov for advice, though they + should not be blamed for the outcome. according to posix, "." is the + radix character in programs and command line arguments regardless of + the locale; otherwise, the locale should prevail for input and output + of numbers. so it's intended to work that way. + + i have rescinded the attempt to use strcoll in expanding shorthands in + regular expressions (cclenter). its properties are much too + surprising; for example [a-c] matches aAbBc in locale en_US but abBcC + in locale fr_CA. i can see how this might arise by implementation + but i cannot explain it to a human user. (this behavior can be seen + in gawk as well; we're leaning on the same library.) + + the issue appears to be that strcoll is meant for sorting, where + merging upper and lower case may make sense (though note that unix + sort does not do this by default either). it is not appropriate + for regular expressions, where the goal is to match specific + patterns of characters. in any case, the notations [:lower:], etc., + are available in awk, and they are more likely to work correctly in + most locales. + + a moratorium is hereby declared on internationalization changes. + i apologize to friends and colleagues in other parts of the world. + i would truly like to get this "right", but i don't know what + that is, and i do not want to keep making changes until it's clear. + +Jul 4, 2003: + fixed bug that permitted non-terminated RE, as in "awk /x". + +Jun 1, 2003: + subtle change to split: if source is empty, number of elems + is always 0 and the array is not set. + +Mar 21, 2003: + added some parens to isblank, in another attempt to make things + internationally portable. + Mar 14, 2003: the internationalization changes, somewhat modified, are now reinstated. in theory awk will now do character comparisons |
