Sourcing array declarations from a function

[Marco Ippolito]

I would not expect this asymmetry of visibility, what explains it?

#! /usr/bin/env bash

cat > /tmp/file.bash << 'EOF'
parameter=foo
declare -A bar=([baz]=quux)
EOF

f() {
    source /tmp/file.bash
}

f

echo "parameter: $parameter"
echo "bar's values: ${bar[@]}"

source /tmp/file.bash

echo "parameter: $parameter"
echo "bar's values: ${bar[@]}"

=== >

parameter: foo
bar's values:
parameter: foo
bar's values: quux

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Marco Ippolito
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