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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index d1b085f0..5864346c 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -33526,15 +33526,18 @@ information about how @command{gawk} was invoked. @cindex extension API version The API provides both a ``major'' and a ``minor'' version number. -The API versions are available at compile time as constants: - -@table @code -@item GAWK_API_MAJOR_VERSION -The major version of the API - -@item GAWK_API_MINOR_VERSION -The minor version of the API -@end table +The API versions are available at compile time as C preprocessor defines +to support conditional compilation, and as enum constants to facilitate +debugging: + +@float Table,gawk-api-version +@caption{gawk API version constants} +@multitable @columnfractions .33 .33 .33 +@headitem API Version @tab C preprocessor define @tab enum constant +@item Major @tab gawk_api_major_version @tab GAWK_API_MAJOR_VERSION +@item Minor @tab gawk_api_minor_version @tab GAWK_API_MINOR_VERSION +@end multitable +@end float The minor version increases when new functions are added to the API. Such new functions are always added to the end of the API @code{struct}. |