This release of AWK includes a number of bug fixes and improvements,
including:
- Unicode support: AWK now supports Unicode input and output. This includes support for UTF-8 encoding, as well as the ability to process regular expressions and character classes over Unicode data.
- Improved CSV handling: AWK now provides better support for CSV data. This includes the ability to parse CSV files with embedded newlines, and the ability to generate CSV output with the --csv option.
- Fixed memory leaks: AWK has been fixed to eliminate a number of memory leaks. This includes leaks in the file management system, the regular expression engine, and various built-in functions.
- Improved error handling: AWK's error handling has been improved to provide more informative error messages and to prevent crashes in some cases.
WIP: MFV: one-true-awk 2nd edition.