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Re: Minor documentation change suggestion
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arnold |
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Re: Minor documentation change suggestion |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:05:08 -0700 |
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Hi.
Thanks for this. I have made the suggested change and will push
to git shortly.
Arnold
Jakub Martisko <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> according to [1], the escaped quote should be not used in
> regexps. This is partialy hinted in [2], however the wording there is a
> bit unclear in my opinion. The "necessary for string constants only"
> part should be a bit more strict (e.g. "should be used for string constants
> only"). My reasoning for this is that when I use something which is not
> neceassary, it should not lead to a warning.
>
> Thanks,
> Jakub
>
>
> [1]:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2019-08/msg00051.html
> [2]:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Escape-Sequences.html#Escape-Sequences
>
>