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author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2018-11-01 20:48:13 +0200 |
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committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2018-11-01 20:48:13 +0200 |
commit | 55dd6a0d24a9433e606a23b24650e84b5d3c3678 (patch) | |
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Doc updates on profiler/pretty printer.
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 6d4843b4..2ee504de 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -29080,6 +29080,7 @@ of the program and the precedence rules. For example, @samp{(3 + 5) * 4} means add three and five, then multiply the total by four. However, @samp{3 + 5 * 4} has no parentheses, and means @samp{3 + (5 * 4)}. +However, explicit parentheses in the source program are retained. @ignore @item @@ -29210,12 +29211,10 @@ There is a significant difference between the output created when profiling, and that created when pretty-printing. Pretty-printed output preserves the original comments that were in the program, although their placement may not correspond exactly to their original locations in the -source code.@footnote{@command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve +source code. However, no comments should be lost. +Also, @command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve the distinction between comments at the end of a statement and comments -on lines by themselves. Due to implementation constraints, it does not -always do so correctly, particularly for @code{switch} statements. The -@command{gawk} maintainers hope to improve this in a subsequent -release.} +on lines by themselves. This isn't always perfect, though. However, as a deliberate design decision, profiling output @emph{omits} the original program's comments. This allows you to focus on the |