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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 8091e16c..589c50b2 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -4346,6 +4346,9 @@ to @code{EXIT_FAILURE}. This @value{SECTION} describes a feature that is specific to @command{gawk}. +@cindex @code{@@include} directive +@cindex file inclusion, @code{@@include} directive +@cindex including files, @code{@@include} directive The @code{@@include} keyword can be used to read external @command{awk} source files. This gives you the ability to split large @command{awk} source files into smaller, more manageable pieces, and also lets you reuse common @command{awk} @@ -4465,6 +4468,9 @@ and this also applies to files named with @code{@@include}. This @value{SECTION} describes a feature that is specific to @command{gawk}. +@cindex @code{@@load} directive +@cindex loading extensions, @code{@@load} directive +@cindex extensions, loading, @code{@@load} directive The @code{@@load} keyword can be used to read external @command{awk} extensions (stored as system shared libraries). This allows you to link in compiled code that may offer superior @@ -18978,6 +18984,9 @@ This style of programming works, but can be awkward. With @dfn{indirect} function calls, you tell @command{gawk} to use the @emph{value} of a variable as the name of the function to call. +@cindex @code{@@}-notation for indirect function calls +@cindex indirect function calls, @code{@@}-notation +@cindex function calls, indirect, @code{@@}-notation for The syntax is similar to that of a regular function call: an identifier immediately followed by a left parenthesis, any arguments, and then a closing right parenthesis, with the addition of a leading @samp{@@} |