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@@ -58969,17 +58969,20 @@ and
The following is a description of the special clauses:
.RS
-.meIP (:name << sym )
+.meIP (:name << obj )
The
.code :name
clause establishes the name of the implicit block contained
within the expansion of the
.code awk
-macro. Forms enclosed in the macro can use
+macro to be the object
+.metn obj ,
+usually a symbol.
+Forms enclosed in the macro can use
.code return-from
to abandon the
.code awk
-form, specifying this symbol as the argument.
+form, specifying the same object as the argument.
If the
.code :name
@@ -58990,10 +58993,10 @@ It is an error for two or more
.code :name
forms to appear.
-The
+Note: in \*(TX 255 and older, the
.code :name
-clause must have an argument which is a symbol;
-the symbol
+clause must have an argument which is a symbol.
+The symbol
.code nil
is not permitted.