[bug-gawk] Linter verbosity and POSIX & traditional AWK modes

[Eric Pruitt]

I was wondering if there was any particular reason the --lint option
warns about non-POSIX and GNU extensions when neither traditional nor
POSIX mode are explicitly set. Personally, if I'm not using
--traditional, --posix or POSIXLY_CORRECT, I don't care whether or not
I'm using extensions: the GNU extensions are why I use gawk over other
implementations. If I'm writing a script that I want to be portable, I
set --posix, and only then do I want to see warnings about non-standard
features.

If this has been discussed previously, please feel free to point me to
the past discussions. I was unable to find any using the archive's
search feature or using a web search engine.

Thanks,
Eric