bug#23415: sed bug with the D command verb

[Jim Meyering]

tags 23415 notabug
close 23415
done

On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Davide Brini <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 May 2016 19:58:28 +1200, Dylan Wagstaff <address@hidden>
> wrote:
[...]
>> *Issue:*
>> The 'D' command verb always acts as the 'd' command verb (even with the
>> presence of a newline in the pattern space).
[...]
> I see no bug. The D command starts a new cycle, but nowhere you tell sed to
> actually print the pattern space, nor you give it a chance to do
> autoprinting at the end (due to the D command). For the same reason, the
> "i" command is never executed. So the output is nothing as you see.
>
> Let's step through the execution:
[...]
> tl;dr: there is no bug.

Thank you both for the report and response, resp.
By the comment above, I've told the issue-tracker that this is a
non-bug and have closed it, but you're welcome to continue further
discussion. It all goes to http://bugs.gnu.org/23415