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@@ -2652,6 +2652,7 @@ of some sort from @command{awk}.
@cindex @code{ARGC}/@code{ARGV} variables, portability and
@cindex portability, @code{ARGV} variable
+@cindex dark corner, @code{ARGV} variable, value of
Finally, the value of @code{ARGV[0]}
(@pxref{Built-in Variables})
varies depending upon your operating system.
@@ -3691,6 +3692,7 @@ awk '' datafile1 datafile2
@end example
@cindex @option{--lint} option
+@cindex dark corner, empty programs
@noindent
Doing so makes little sense, though; @command{awk} exits
silently when given an empty program.
@@ -9154,6 +9156,7 @@ uses the low eight bits of the value as the character to print.
Other @command{awk} versions generally restrict themselves to printing
the first byte of a string or to numeric values within the range of
a single byte (0--255).
+@value{DARKCORNER}
@end quotation
@@ -13192,6 +13195,7 @@ $ @kbd{echo Yes | gawk '(/1/,/2/) || /Yes/'}
@end example
@cindex range patterns, line continuation and
+@cindex dark corner, range patterns, line continuation and
As a minor point of interest, although it is poor style,
POSIX allows you to put a newline after the comma in
a range pattern. @value{DARKCORNER}
@@ -42837,6 +42841,8 @@ Consistency issues:
The term "blank" is thus basically reserved for "blank lines" etc.
To make dark corners work, the @value{DARKCORNER} has to be outside
closing `.' of a sentence and after (pxref{...}).
+ Make sure that each @value{DARKCORNER} has an index entry, and
+ also that each `@cindex dark corner' has an @value{DARKCORNER}.
" " should have an @w{} around it
Use "non-" only with language names or acronyms, or the words bug and option and null
Use @command{ftp} when talking about anonymous ftp
@@ -42954,8 +42960,6 @@ But to use it you have to say
which sorta sucks.
TODO:
-Check that all dark corners are indexed properly.
-
Add a section explaining recursion from ground zero. Probably
easiest to do it with factorial as the example. Explain that
recursion needs a stopping condition. Thanks to