awk/bugs-fixed
Arnold D. Robbins 32093f5bbf Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
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README Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
a-format.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
a-format.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
a-format.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
decr-NF.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
decr-NF.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
decr-NF.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
ofs-rebuild.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
ofs-rebuild.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
ofs-rebuild.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
space.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
space.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
space.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
string-conv.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
string-conv.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
string-conv.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
system-status.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
system-status.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
system-status.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
unary-plus.awk Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
unary-plus.bad Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00
unary-plus.ok Fix multiple long-standing bugs, improve test suite. 2018-08-22 20:40:26 +03:00

README

List of bugs fixed.

1. ofs-rebuild: OFS value used to rebuild the record was incorrect.
Fixed August 19, 2014. Revised fix August 2018.

2. system-status: Instead of a floating-point division by 256, use
the wait(2) macros to create a reasonable exit status. Fixed March 12, 2016.

3. space: Use provided xisblank() function instead of ispace() for
matching [[:blank:]].

4. a-format: Add POSIX standard %a and %A to supported formats. Check
at runtime that this format is available.

5. decr-NF: Decrementing NF did not change $0. This is a decades-old
bug. There are interactions with the old and new value of OFS as well.
Most of the fix came from the NetBSD awk.

6. string-conv: String conversions of scalars were sticky.  Once a
conversion to string happened, even with OFMT, that value was used until
a new numeric value was assigned, even if OFMT differed from CONVFMT,
and also if CONVFMT changed.

7. unary-plus: Unary plus on a string constant returned the string.
Instead, it should convert the value to numeric and give that value.