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Infinite loop in sub/gsub


From: jhart
Subject: Infinite loop in sub/gsub
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 08:36:54 -0400

This command line:

echo "''Italics with an apostrophe'' embedded''"|gawk -f test.awk

where test.awk contains this instruction:

/''/  { sub(/''(.?[^']+)*''/, "<em>&</em>"); }

puts gawk 3.11 into an infinite loop. Whereas, this command works:

echo "''Italics with an apostrophe' embedded''"|gawk -f test.awk



Platform: Mac OS X 10.1.5/Darwin Kernel Version 5.5: Thu May 30 14:51:26 PDT 2002; root:xnu/xnu-201.42.3.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC





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