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@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
4. A number of bugs have been fixed in the MPFR code.
-5. Indirect function calls now work for both built-in and
- extension functions.
+5. Indirect function calls now work for both built-in and extension functions.
6. Built-in functions are now included in FUNCTAB.
@@ -46,7 +45,11 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
10. Infrastructure upgrades: Automake 1.15, Gettext 0.19.4, Libtool 2.4.5,
Bison 3.0.4.
-11. POSIX requires that the names of function parameters not be the
+11. If a user-defined function has a parameter with the same name as another
+ user-defined function, it is no longer possible to call the second
+ function from inside the first.
+
+12. POSIX requires that the names of function parameters not be the
same as any of the special built-in variables and also not conflict
with the names of any functions. Gawk has checked for the former
since 3.1.7. With --posix, it now also checks for the latter.