awk: add comment about fixing bug 1333
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| @@ -2060,6 +2060,8 @@ static int awk_sub(node *rn, const char *repl, int nm, var *src, var *dest, int | |
| //gsub(/\<b*/,"") on "abc" will reach this point, advance to "bc" | |
| //... and will erroneously match "b" even though it is NOT at the word start. | |
| //we need REG_NOTBOW but it does not exist... | |
| + | //TODO: if EXTRA_COMPAT=y, use GNU matching and re_search, |
| + | //it should be able to do it correctly. |
| /* Subtle: this is safe only because | |
| * qrealloc allocated at least one extra byte */ | |
| resbuf[residx] = *sp; | |