Re: [bug-gawk] Does gawk character classes follow this?

[Wolfgang Laun]

With the character data type for any programming language you have these
two fundamental options: to C or not to C; less poetically: you can base
your implementation on the C library (GNU C library in gawk's case), or
roll your own, as Java does. If you go the C way, the language will be the
tail, and POSIX will, sooner or later, tell you how to wag. Neither way is
bad, but you have to learn to live with either one.

Wolfgang

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 11:45, <address@hidden> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > > From: address@hidden
> > > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:01:34 -0700
> > > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> > >
> > > I get the feeling that there's something really bothering you, but
> > > I don't understand what.
> > >
> > > Can you clarify, please?
> >
> > I thought I already did: we cannot be expected to provide a definitive
> > description of what the named classes stand for, because the answer
> > depends on various factors out of our control.
>
> Yes, that is a succinct summary. Thanks.
>
> Arnold
>
>