Re: "Bad substitution error" is not "well" reported, when invoking and array.

[Chet Ramey]

Andres Sajo wrote:

> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 25
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>         "Bad substitution error" is not "well" reported, when invoking
> and array:
>         VAR='([0]=first [1]=second)'
>         ${VAR[0] } works, but ${ VAR[0]} dosen't

Bash correctly flags the latter as an error, and allows the former as
an extension for flexibility.

Chet


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