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@@ -29080,6 +29080,7 @@ of the program and the precedence rules.
For example, @samp{(3 + 5) * 4} means add three and five, then multiply
the total by four. However, @samp{3 + 5 * 4} has no parentheses, and
means @samp{3 + (5 * 4)}.
+However, explicit parentheses in the source program are retained.
@ignore
@item
@@ -29210,12 +29211,10 @@ There is a significant difference between the output created when
profiling, and that created when pretty-printing. Pretty-printed output
preserves the original comments that were in the program, although their
placement may not correspond exactly to their original locations in the
-source code.@footnote{@command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve
+source code. However, no comments should be lost.
+Also, @command{gawk} does the best it can to preserve
the distinction between comments at the end of a statement and comments
-on lines by themselves. Due to implementation constraints, it does not
-always do so correctly, particularly for @code{switch} statements. The
-@command{gawk} maintainers hope to improve this in a subsequent
-release.}
+on lines by themselves. This isn't always perfect, though.
However, as a deliberate design decision, profiling output @emph{omits}
the original program's comments. This allows you to focus on the