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>> For the regex/doc/Makefile, it seems that gawk allows the value for -v
>> to be adjacent to the -v itself, while the -CURRENT awk works better if
>> there is whitespace separating them.
>
>This would be another bug if true.

Perhaps in breaking backwards compatability with gawk, but
IEEE Std 1003.1-200x says:

The awk utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of IEEE
Std 1003.1-200x, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines.

...

12.2         Utility Syntax Guidelines
...
Guideline 6:        Each option and option-argument should be a separate
                    argument, except as noted in Section 12.1 (on page
                    199), item (2).

I don't think that any of the exceptions in section 12.1 item (2) apply
to awk's -v argument.  POSIX *permits* but does not *require* the
gawk behavior.

  Bill

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