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@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 - Chapter 15 on MPFR reworked. - Summary sections added to all chapters. - Exercises added in several chapters. + - Heavily proof-read and copyedited. 2. The debugger's "restart" command now works again. @@ -60,14 +61,14 @@ 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. -7. In non-English locales, it was accidentally possible to use "letters" - beside those of the English alphabet in identifiers. This has - been fixed. (isalpha and isalnum are NOT our friends.) +7. POSIX and historical practice require the exclusive use of the English + alphabet in identifiers. In non-English locales, it was accidentally + possible to use "letters" beside those of the English alphabet. This + has been fixed. (isalpha and isalnum are NOT our friends.) If you feel that you must have this misfeature, use `configure --help' to see what option to use when configuring gawk to reenable it. @@ -81,7 +82,17 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 AWKPATH setting, be sure to put "." in it somewhere. The documentation has been updated and clarified. -10. Infrastructure upgrades: Automake 1.14.1, Gettext 0.19.3, Libtool 2.4.3. +10. Infrastructure upgrades: Automake 1.15, Gettext 0.19.4, Libtool 2.4.5, + Bison 3.0.4. + +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. XX. A number of bugs have been fixed. See the ChangeLog. |