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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 5e344e52..1a41f880 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -17183,6 +17183,12 @@ which in turn come before all subarrays. (Subarrays have not been described yet; @pxref{Arrays of Arrays}.) +If you choose to use this feature in traversing @code{FUNCTAB} +(@pxref{Auto-set}), then the order is built-in functions first +(@pxref{Built-in}), then user-defined functions (@pxref{User-defined}) +next, and finally functions loaded from an extension +(@pxref{Dynamic Extensions}). + @item "@@val_str_asc" Order by element values in ascending order (rather than by indices). Scalar values are compared as strings. Subarrays, if present, come out last. @@ -18303,6 +18309,13 @@ a[2] = "last" a[3] = "middle" @end example +@quotation NOTE +Due to implementation limitations, you may not use either @code{SYMTAB} +or @code{FUNCTAB} as arguments to these functions, even if providing a +second array to use for the actual sorting. Attempting to do so produces +a fatal error. This restriction may be lifted in the future. +@end quotation + @item @code{gensub(@var{regexp}, @var{replacement}, @var{how}} [@code{, @var{target}}]@code{) #} @cindexgawkfunc{gensub} @cindex search and replace in strings |