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Re: [Help-bash] Extend the syntax to allow `declare x -a y`?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Help-bash] Extend the syntax to allow `declare x -a y`? |
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Mon, 26 Aug 2019 20:18:23 -0500 |
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On 8/26/19 7:56 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> `declare` does not allow both a scalar and an array.
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> $ declare x -a y
> -bash: declare: `-a': not a valid identifier
> $ declare x
> $ declare -a y
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> But there seems to be no reason that this extension can not be done
> and would cause ambiguities. The advantage of adding these features is
> that variables can be declared by one statement. Can this feature be
> added?
Please no. GNU Coding Standards state that unless you have a really
strong reason otherwise, 'FOO x -a y' should behave the same as 'FOO -a
x y'. You haven't given a strong enough reason otherwise.
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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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