Re: [bug-gawk] bug in gawk

[arnold]

Hi.

> Aleksey Cheusov <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Typescript is below. I use LC_ALL=C for working with bytes, not with
> > symbols. This code worked for me for more than decade but now it fails.
> >
> > 0 dictd>uname -s
> > Linux
> >
> > 0 dictd>rpm -qa | grep glibc-devel
> > glibc-devel-2.26-lp150.11.9.1.x86_64
> > linux-glibc-devel-4.15-lp150.1.23.noarch
> >
> > 0 0 dictd>gawk --version | head -2
> > GNU Awk 4.2.1, API: 2.0
> > Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation.
> >
> > 0 0 dictd>echo a | env LC_ALL=C gawk '/^[\300-\337]/ {print 1}'
> > gawk: cmd. line:1: error: Invalid range end: /^[??-??]/
>
> I have reproduced this. It's strange. I will investigate further.

I have found the cause of the problem.  I have to think a little
bit about how to fix it.

I should have a fix within a few days.

Thank you for the report!

Arnold