Re: Problem with changed 'pipe' precedence

[Bob Proulx]

address@hidden wrote:
> Recent versions of gawk (at least 3.1.4-5.3) seem to have taken
> the considerable liberty of changing the precedence order of the
> pipe-like operator '|' (with getline) wrt string concatentation.

Please see this thread of discussion on this topic.

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2005-10/msg00064.html

The thread was broken but continues here.

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2005-10/msg00086.html

> Please, can somebody fix this piece of stupidity?
> ...other similar derisive remarks deleted...

Note that the tone of your message is not conducive to starting a
productive conversation with a developer.  In the future you would be
well advised to remember the old saying, "You catch more flies with
honey than vineger."

Bob