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diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info index 97c9d3c0..cbcf450c 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.info +++ b/doc/gawk.info @@ -4136,54 +4136,6 @@ that you can define a variable to be a number or a string: str = "hi" String variable re = /foo/ Wrong! re is the result of $0 ~ /foo/ - For a number of more advanced use cases (described later on in this -Info file), it would be nice to have regexp constants that are "strongly -typed"; in other words, that denote a regexp useful for matching, and -not an expression. - - 'gawk' provides this feature. A strongly typed regexp constant looks -almost like a regular regexp constant, except that it is preceded by an -'@' sign: - - re = @/foo/ Regexp variable - - Strongly typed regexp constants _cannot_ be used eveywhere that a -regular regexp constant can, because this would make the language even -more confusing. Instead, you may use them only in certain contexts: - - * On the righthand side of the '~' and '!~' operators: 'some_var ~ - @/foo/' (*note Regexp Usage::). - - * In the 'case' part of a 'switch' statement (*note Switch - Statement::). - - * As an argument to one of the built-in functions that accept regexp - constants: 'gensub()', 'gsub()', 'match()', 'patsplit()', - 'split()', and 'sub()' (*note String Functions::). - - * As a parameter in a call to a user-defined function (*note - User-defined::). - - * On the righthand side of an assignment to a variable: 'some_var = - @/foo/'. In this case, the type of 'some_var' is regexp. - Additionally, 'some_var' can be used with '~' and '!~', passed to - one of the built-in functions listed above, or passed as a - parameter to a user-defined function. - - You may use the 'typeof()' built-in function (*note Type Functions::) -to determine if a variable or function parameter is a regexp variable. - - The true power of this feature comes from the ability to create -variables that have regexp type. Such variables can be passed on to -user-defined functions, without the confusing aspects of computed -regular expressions created from strings or string constants. They may -also be passed through indirect function calls (*note Indirect Calls::) -onto the built-in functions that accept regexp constants. - - When used in numeric conversions, strongly typed regexp variables -convert to zero. When used in string conversions, they convert to the -string value of the original regexp text. - File: gawk.info, Node: Regexp Summary, Prev: Strong Regexp Constants, Up: Regexp @@ -4221,9 +4173,6 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Regexp Summary, Prev: Strong Regexp Constants, Up: Reg sensitivity of regexp matching. In other 'awk' versions, use 'tolower()' or 'toupper()'. - * Strongly typed regexp constants ('@/.../') enable certain advanced - use cases to be described later on in the Info file. - File: gawk.info, Node: Reading Files, Next: Printing, Prev: Regexp, Up: Top @@ -13601,10 +13550,6 @@ contexts. '"array"' X is an array. - '"regexp"' - X is a strongly typed regexp (*note Strong Regexp - Constants::). - '"number"' X is a number. @@ -13651,8 +13596,7 @@ parameter is an array or not. turning it into a scalar. The 'typeof()' function is general; it allows you to determine if a -variable or function parameter is a scalar, an array, or a strongly -typed regexp. +variable or function parameter is a scalar, an array. 'isarray()' is deprecated; you should use 'typeof()' instead. You should replace any existing uses of 'isarray(var)' in your code with @@ -35386,498 +35330,498 @@ Node: Case-sensitivity185992 Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-1188888 Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-2189123 Node: Strong Regexp Constants189231 -Node: Regexp Summary192173 -Node: Reading Files193779 -Node: Records195942 -Node: awk split records196675 -Node: gawk split records201606 -Ref: gawk split records-Footnote-1206146 -Node: Fields206183 -Node: Nonconstant Fields208924 -Ref: Nonconstant Fields-Footnote-1211160 -Node: Changing Fields211364 -Node: Field Separators217292 -Node: Default Field Splitting219990 -Node: Regexp Field Splitting221108 -Node: Single Character Fields224461 -Node: Command Line Field Separator225521 -Node: Full Line Fields228739 -Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-1230261 -Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-2230307 -Node: Field Splitting Summary230408 -Node: Constant Size232482 -Node: Splitting By Content237060 -Ref: Splitting By Content-Footnote-1241031 -Node: Multiple 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