Issue declaring an array via a variable name

[Hunter Wittenborn]

Hi!



I wasn't sure if this was a bug (though it seemed quite likely for me), so I 
went ahead and decided to post the issue here before resorting over to the bug 
mailing list.



Anyway - For some reason, the following code keeps failing whenever I run it:



"

variable="hello"



declare -g "${variable}"=("world" "me")

"



When run, it's complaining about a syntax error near "(", appearing to be on 
the 'declare' line right next to where I start typing the array.



In my testing, all of the following would fail:



- declare -g "${variable}"=("world" "me")

- declare -g ${variable}=("world" "me")

- declare -g "hello"=("world" "me")



The only one that did work was the following:



- declare -g hello=("world" "me")



Is there a valid reason why this isn't working (besides it just being a bug)? 
If there is, is it possible to implement it otherwise so I can use it?

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Hunter Wittenborn

https://www.hunterwittenborn.com

https://github.com/hwittenborn