gawk line continuation

[dan nielsen]

What happened between gawk 3.1.4 and 4.1.1 regarding line continuation?Dan 
Nielsen
PROGRAM# example:                              
#   GAWK --version | GAWK "/^GNU A/" -  #   GAWK -f ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK     
#   GAWK_4 --version | GAWK "/^GNU A/" -#   GAWK_4 -f ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK   
#                                       BEGIN {                                 
s="\                                    apples bananas \                        
oranges \                               "                                       
print(s)                                }                                       
OUTPUT>GAWK --version   | GAWK "/^GNU A/" -
GNU Awk 3.1.4
>GAWK -f ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWKapples bananas oranges
>GAWK_4 --version   | GAWK "/^GNU A/" -GNU Awk 4.1.1, API: 1.1 (GNU MPFR 3.1.2, 
>GNU MP 5.1.2)
>GAWK_4 -f ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWKgawk_4: ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK:13: 
>s="\gawk_4: ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK:13:   ^ unterminated stringgawk_4: 
>ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK:13: s="\gawk_4: ZERROR_CONTINUATION.AWK:13:   ^ syntax 
>error>