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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] awk bug
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:03:20 +0200
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> This is a bug that was introduced when BWK switched from the lex scanner
> to a hand-written one.  (Guess who told him about it? :-)  It's fixed in
> the current version:

i understand that.  i'd prefer to mangle the test scripts than to hack awk.
my reasoning being is that the side effects of hacking the test script are
minimal, but hacking awk is fraught with peril (i knew that before i bio-fied
it).

the rand() based tests are pretty much useless.

the problem is to make the right choice :(