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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 6c3c28af..70ab0de3 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -15935,7 +15935,8 @@ if an element in @code{SYMTAB} is an array. Also, you may not use the @code{delete} statement with the @code{SYMTAB} array. -You may use an index for @code{SYMTAB} that is not a predefined identifier: +Prior to @value{PVERSION} 5.0 of @command{gawk}, you could +use an index for @code{SYMTAB} that was not a predefined identifier: @example SYMTAB["xxx"] = 5 @@ -15943,9 +15944,8 @@ print SYMTAB["xxx"] @end example @noindent -This works as expected: in this case @code{SYMTAB} acts just like -a regular array. The only difference is that you can't then delete -@code{SYMTAB["xxx"]}. +This no longer works, instead producing a fatal error, as it led +to rampant confusion. @cindex Schorr, Andrew The @code{SYMTAB} array is more interesting than it looks. Andrew Schorr |