gawk: Notes summary
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1 C.7 Summary
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1 * 'gawk''s extensions can be disabled with either the '--traditional'
1 option or with the '--posix' option. The '--parsedebug' option is
1 available if 'gawk' is compiled with '-DDEBUG'.
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1 * The source code for 'gawk' is maintained in a publicly accessible
1 Git repository. Anyone may check it out and view the source.
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1 * Contributions to 'gawk' are welcome. Following the steps outlined
1 in this major node will make it easier to integrate your
1 contributions into the code base. This applies both to new feature
1 contributions and to ports to additional operating systems.
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1 * 'gawk' has some limits--generally those that are imposed by the
1 machine architecture.
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1 * The extension API design was intended to solve a number of problems
1 with the previous extension mechanism, enable features needed by
1 the 'xgawk' project, and provide binary compatibility going
1 forward.
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1 * The previous extension mechanism is still supported in version 4.1
1 of 'gawk', but it _will_ be removed in the next major release.
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