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@@ -3,6 +3,33 @@ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. + +Changes from 4.0.2 to 4.1 +------------------------- +1. The three executables gawk, pgawk, and dgawk, have been merged into + one, named just gawk. As a result: + * The -R option is gone + * Use -D to run the debugger. An optional file argument is a + list of commands to run first. + * Use -o to do pretty-printing only. + * Use -p to do profiling. + +2. The new -l option is used for loading dynamic extensions. + +3. The new -i option is used for loading awk library files. + +4. Gawk now supports high precision arithmetic with MPFR. + +5. A number of facilities from xgawk have been merged in! + +6. The dynamic extension interface has been completely redone! See the doc. + +7. The and(), or() and xor() functions now take any number of arguments, + with a minimum of two. + +8. New arrays: SYMTAB, FUNCTAB, and PROCINFO["identifiers"]. See the manual. + +9. fflush() and fflush("") now both flush everything. See the manual. Changes from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 --------------------------- |