Re: bug in gawk 3.1.1?

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:06:56 +0300
> 
> I think the only complete fix would be to suck the entire file into
> memory.

No, you could fix the problem in general by inspecting the state that
dfa.c is in at the end of the input buffer.  If the state indicates
that you might be in the middle of a match, then you extend the input
buffer by reading more data; if not, you don't need to extend the
input buffer.