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@c applies to and all the info about who's publishing this edition
@c These apply across the board.
-@set UPDATE-MONTH June, 2020
+@set UPDATE-MONTH July, 2020
@set VERSION 5.1
@set PATCHLEVEL 0
@@ -33531,6 +33531,13 @@ in data received from @command{gawk}. In addition, by examining the
member is either a GMP integer (type @code{mpz_ptr}), or an MPFR
floating-point value (type @code{mpfr_ptr_t}), and cast it appropriately.
+@quotation CAUTION:
+Any MPFR or MPZ values that you create and pass to @command{gawk}
+to save are @emph{copied}. This means you are responsible to release
+the storage once you're done with it. See the sample @code{intdiv}
+extension for some example code.
+@end quotation
+
@item typedef void *awk_scalar_t;
Scalars can be represented as an opaque type. These values are obtained
from @command{gawk} and then passed back into it. This is discussed