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# From: "John H. DuBois III" <spcecdt@armory.com>
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# Subject: Re: gawk 3.1.2b now available
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# This is a curious one:
# 
# gawk-3.1.2b 'BEGIN {
#     while (("echo" | getline) == 1)
# 	;
#     RS = ""
#     "echo \"a\n\nb\"" | getline y
#     print x
# }' | hd
# 
# The output is:
# 
# 0000    00 13 0a                                           ...
# 0003
# 
# (the uninitialized variable 'x' is somehow getting the value <null><control-S>)
# 
# 	John
# -- 
# John DuBois  spcecdt@armory.com  KC6QKZ/AE  http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/
# 
BEGIN {
    while (("echo" | getline) == 1)
	;
    RS = ""
    "echo \"a\n\nb\"" | getline y
    printf "y = <%s>\n", y	# ADR
    printf "x = <%s>\n", x	# ADR
}