Re: [Help-bash] declare -g -a array doing different things

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/30/12 11:15 PM, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> Below please find two almost identical scripts - version1 & version2 and
> their output.
> 
> Here is a diff report :
> address@hidden ycc# diff version*
> 5c5,6
> < declare -g -a array=(function)
> ---
>> declare -g -a array
>> array=(function)
> 
> 
> Why the different output?

It's a bug.  The combination of declare -g and the compound array
assignment was the issue.  See if the attached patch fixes the problem.

Chet
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global-compound-assign.patch
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