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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2016-02-18 22:06:54 +0200
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Doc fix in Heisenberg Physics example.
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@@ -30526,7 +30526,7 @@ debug (the @dfn{debuggee}, if you will).
The @command{gawk} debugger is different; it is an integrated part
of @command{gawk} itself. This makes it possible, in rare cases,
-for @command{gawk} to become an excellent demonstrator of Heisenburg
+for @command{gawk} to become an excellent demonstrator of Heisenberg
Uncertainty physics, where the mere act of observing something can change
it. Consider the following:@footnote{Thanks to Hermann Peifer for
this example.}
@@ -30565,14 +30565,14 @@ gawk> @kbd{n} @ii{Keep going @dots{}}
@print{} main() at `test.awk':1
@print{} 1 @{ print typeof($1), typeof($2) @}
gawk> @kbd{n} @ii{Get result from} typeof()
-@print{} strnum string @ii{Result for} $2 @ii{isn't right}
+@print{} strnum number @ii{Result for} $2 @ii{isn't right}
@print{} Program exited normally with exit value: 0
gawk> @kbd{quit}
@end example
In this case, the act of comparing the new value of @code{$2}
with the old one caused @command{gawk} to evaluate it and determine that it
-is indeed a string, and this is reflected in the result of
+is indeed a number, and this is reflected in the result of
@code{typeof()}.
Cases like this where the debugger is not transparent to the program's