Re: [bug-gawk] Continuation Character not recognized in GAWK 4.1

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:01:52 +0200
> 
> > awk: test:2:  printf("Hello \
> > awk: test:2:         ^ unterminated string
> > awk: test:2:  printf("Hello \
> > awk: test:2:         ^ syntax error
> 
> This is a separate issue from 32/64 windows/not-windows. This occurs
> because some of the gawk code understands CR-LF files and some of it
> does not. The source code patch below fixes the problem, so it will be
> fixed "for real" when I release 4.1.2.

What will happen with that fix if you have a lone \r character?

And anyway, Gawk by default reads in text mode, so the \r\n pairs
should be seen as a single \n character.  Are you sure this is the
cause of the problem?