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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001451 | Issue 8 drafts | Shell and Utilities | public | 2021-02-11 11:07 | 2024-06-11 09:12 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Comment | Type | Clarification Requested |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Product Version | Draft 1.1 | ||||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
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| Section | awk | ||||
| Page Number | 2395 | ||||
| Line Number | 78089 | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | 0001451:0005351 | ||||
| Summary | 0001451: awk ARGV description addition about -v is problematic | ||||
| Description | Bug 0000974 added notes to the descriptions of ARGC and ARGV saying it is unspecified whether alterations to ARGC and to elements of ARGV can be made using the -v option. The one for ARGC is fine, but the one for ARGV is problematic. This is because the standard places a requirement on applications to ensure that the -v option-argument has a variable name to the left of the '='. Thus it cannot be used to assign values to array elements. Note that since bug 974 was tagged tc3-2008, this bug should also be tagged tc3-2008 despite being reported against Issue 8 draft 1.1. | ||||
| Desired Action | Change:It is unspecified whether this alteration to ARGV can be made using the -v option.to: Note that this alteration cannot be made using either the assignment operand or the -v option, because an operand with a '[' before '=' is treated as a file operand, not an assignment operand, and applications are required to ensure that the -v option-argument has the same form as an assignment operand. (See the OPTIONS and OPERANDS sections.) | ||||
| Tags | issue8 | ||||
| related to | 0000974 | Closed | 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 | several issues with awk's ARGC/ARGV |
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Credit to Arnold Robbins for catching this. |
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Change:It is unspecified whether this alteration to ARGV can be made using the -v option.to: Note that alterations to ARGV cannot be made using either the assignment operand or the -v option, because an operand with a '[' before '=' is treated as a file operand, not an assignment operand, and applications are required to ensure that the -v option-argument has the same form as an assignment operand. (See the OPTIONS and OPERANDS sections.) |
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Note tagged as issue 8 since 0000974 is an approved interpretation |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | Section | => awk |
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 2395 |
| 2021-02-11 11:07 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 78089 |
| 2021-02-11 11:08 | geoffclare | Note Added: 0005231 | |
| 2021-05-06 15:10 | nick | Relationship added | related to 0000974 |
| 2021-05-06 15:18 | rhansen | Note Added: 0005351 | |
| 2021-05-06 15:19 | rhansen | Final Accepted Text | => 0001451:0005351 |
| 2021-05-06 15:19 | rhansen | Status | New => Resolved |
| 2021-05-06 15:19 | rhansen | Resolution | Open => Accepted As Marked |
| 2021-05-06 15:20 | rhansen | Tag Attached: issue8 | |
| 2021-05-06 15:21 | nick | Note Added: 0005352 | |
| 2021-05-11 09:38 | geoffclare | Status | Resolved => Applied |
| 2024-06-11 09:12 | agadmin | Status | Applied => Closed |
