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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2013-10-24 22:03:09 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2013-10-24 22:03:09 +0300
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Improve handling of writes to dead pipes.
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@@ -3956,10 +3956,6 @@ for use by the @command{gawk} developers for testing and tuning.
They are subject to change. The variables are:
@table @env
-@item AVG_CHAIN_MAX
-The average number of items @command{gawk} will maintain on a
-hash chain for managing arrays.
-
@item AWK_HASH
If this variable exists with a value of @samp{gst}, @command{gawk}
will switch to using the hash function from GNU Smalltalk for
@@ -3972,6 +3968,13 @@ files one line at a time, instead of reading in blocks. This exists
for debugging problems on filesystems on non-POSIX operating systems
where I/O is performed in records, not in blocks.
+@item GAWK_MSG_SRC
+If this variable exists, @command{gawk} includes the source file
+name and line number from which warning and/or fatal messages
+are generated. Its purpose is to help isolate the source of a
+message, since there can be multiple places which produce the
+same warning or error message.
+
@item GAWK_NO_DFA
If this variable exists, @command{gawk} does not use the DFA regexp matcher
for ``does it match'' kinds of tests. This can cause @command{gawk}
@@ -3984,6 +3987,14 @@ coordinate with each other.)
This specifies the amount by which @command{gawk} should grow its
internal evaluation stack, when needed.
+@item INT_CHAIN_MAX
+The average number of items @command{gawk} will maintain on a
+hash chain for managing arrays indexed by integers.
+
+@item STR_CHAIN_MAX
+The average number of items @command{gawk} will maintain on a
+hash chain for managing arrays indexed by strings.
+
@item TIDYMEM
If this variable exists, @command{gawk} uses the @code{mtrace()} library
calls from GNU LIBC to help track down possible memory leaks.