URL:
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Summary: print fails on nontrtivial expressions that begin
with a string literal
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: dougmcilroy
Submitted: Sun 04 Jan 2026 02:30:36 AM UTC
Category: Preprocessor pic
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Follow-up Comments:
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Date: Sun 04 Jan 2026 02:30:36 AM UTC By: Doug McIlroy <dougmcilroy>
Pic can't parse this statement:
print "a"=="a"
However, argument expressions that do not begin with a string literal are
handled correctly. Example:
print ("a"=="a")
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