Awk Survey
This poll is to gather data about how to implement file inclusion in
gawk
.
Please answer it only once.
The maintainer will make the final decision.
What keyword should be used?
@include
@sourcefile
@use
#use
Should the include mechanism allow more than one filename per line?
Yes
No
What happens when the same file is included more than once?
Fatal error
Silently ignored (+ lint warning)
Include anyway and cause parse errors
Allow nested includes?
Yes
No
Search
$AWKPATH
?
Yes
No
If not found, append
.awk
to the filename and retry?
Yes
No