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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2021-07-09 10:55:34 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2021-07-09 10:55:34 +0300
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Merge branch 'gawk-5.1-stable'
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@@ -23327,7 +23327,8 @@ to add an additional check for that.
Traditionally, it has been recommended to check for numeric values using the
test @samp{x+0 == x}. This function is superior in two ways: it will not
report that unassigned variables contain numeric values; and it recognizes
-string values with numeric contents.
+string values with numeric contents where @code{CONVFMT} does not yield
+the original string.
On the other hand, it uses the @code{typeof()} function
(@pxref{Type Functions}), which is specific to @command{gawk}.
@@ -43287,7 +43288,7 @@ understood in common by all the maintainers.}
@cindex email address for bug reports, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
@cindex bug reports, email address, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
Once you have a precise problem description, send email to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
The @command{gawk} maintainers subscribe to this address, and
thus they will receive your bug report.
@@ -43299,7 +43300,7 @@ email list is archived at the GNU Project.
Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based operating systems
have their own bug reporting systems. If you report a bug using your distribution's
bug reporting system, you should also send a copy to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
This is for two reasons. First, although some distributions forward
bug reports ``upstream'' to the GNU mailing list, many don't, so there is a good
@@ -43448,7 +43449,7 @@ behaves a certain way, or any other @command{awk}- or @command{gawk}-related iss
please @emph{do not} send it to the bug reporting address.
As of July, 2021, there is a separate mailing list for this purpose:
-@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk at gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
Anything that is not a bug report should be sent to that list.
@quotation NOTE
@@ -43462,6 +43463,7 @@ Please note: As with the bug list, we ask that you follow the
GNU Kind Communication Guidelines} in your correspondence on the
list (as well as off of it).
+@cindex Proulx, Bob
If you wish to the subscribe to the list, in order to help out
others, or to learn from others, here are instructions, courtesy
of Bob Proulx:
@@ -43471,7 +43473,7 @@ of Bob Proulx:
@item Subscribe by email
Send an email message to
-@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help-gawk-request AT gnu.org}
+@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help dash gawk dash request at gnu dot org}
with ``subscribe'' in
the body of the message. The subject does not matter and is not used.
@@ -43529,13 +43531,13 @@ The people maintaining the various @command{gawk} ports are:
@c OS/2 is not mentioned anywhere else though.
@item OS/2 @tab Andreas Buening, @EMAIL{andreas.buening@@nexgo.de,andreas dot buening at nexgo dot de}
-@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl.net}
+@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl dot net}
-@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK.ORG}
+@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK dot ORG}
@end multitable
If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, send a copy of your
-report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
+report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
@node Other Versions
@appendixsec Other Freely Available @command{awk} Implementations
@@ -43826,13 +43828,13 @@ and both Vax/VMS and OpenVMS.
Instructions for each system are included in this @value{APPENDIX}.
@item
-Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
Bug reports should be in English and should include the version of @command{gawk},
how it was compiled, and a short program and @value{DF} that demonstrate
the problem.
@item
-Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
Repeatedly sending non-bug emails to the bug list will get you blacklisted from it.
@item
@@ -44148,7 +44150,7 @@ your code in the public domain and submit a signed statement to that
effect, or assign the copyright in your code to the FSF.
Both of these actions are easy to do and @emph{many} people have done so
already. If you have questions, please contact me, or
-@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu AT gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu at gnu dot org}.
@item
When doing a port, bear in mind that your code must coexist peacefully