Re: [bug-gawk] inside awk script check that -M/--bignum given on command line?

[arnold]

Looks good; no need for the @code{} inside a code block.
Otherwise, OK to commit to gawk-4.2-stable.

W.R.T. End rule order, yes, you do have to make sure that assert.awk
(or a theoretical abort.awk) is the first part of the whole awk program.

Thanks,

Arnold

"Andrew J. Schorr" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 06:54:12AM -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> > > OK. How's the attached?
> > 
> > I prefer not to have xrefs in code fragments. Mostly a personal thing.
> > Rather a sentence or footnote in the text.
>
> Fair enough. How's the attached?
>
> > I guess I was thinking about assert.awk.  I don't remember what the 2000
> > entry is referring to; I may at one point have had an abort statement
> > in a development version of the code and decided not to release it.
>
> Ah.
>
> > In any case, abort() should be pretty trivial, along the lines of
> > the current assert.awk.
>
> Perhaps, but isn't there a potential issue with the order in which END
> rules are processed?
>
> > Feel better. Get some rest instead of hacking.
>
> I hate to let stuff pile up in my inbox, so it's easier to bang out
> simple stuff.
>
> Regards,
> Andy