[bug-gawk] Possible bug in gawk 4.1.3 running in cygwin OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1

[Christopher Durant]

This function causes the interpreter to go into what I can only describe as a spasm. 

function datetime()

{tag = (strftime ("%Y-%m-%d") " " (strftime("%r"));

return tag;

}

It fails to pass Go reporting:

gawk: test2ver5.awk:36:                 {tag = (strftime ("%Y-%m-%d") " " (strftime("%r"))

gawk: test2ver5.awk:36:                                                                    ^ unexpected newline or end of string

It then snags every subsequent line in the program with "unexpected newline" and "syntax error".

Whereas this version of the function, it's happy with:

function datetime()

{tag1 = strftime ("%Y-%m-%d");

tag2 = strftime("%r");

return (tag1 " " tag2);

}

Hope this useful; not a stupid error on my part.

Kind regards

Christopher Durant