cc: ast-develop...@research.att.com
Subject: Re: "${a[@]}" returns random numbers for Boolean associative array
(bool -A)
--------
> "${a[@]}" returns random numbers for Boolean associative array (bool -A):
>
> ksh -c 'bool -A a=( [2]=true [4]=false ) ; printf "1=%q\n" "${a[@]}" ;
> a=( ) ; printf "2=%q\n" "${a[@]}"'
> 1=37792
> 1=37824
> 2=
>
> AFAIK it should print:
> 1=true
> 1=false
> 2=
>
>
> This happens with the latest 2013-06-28.
>
> If you have a patch please share it before the next release. Thank you!
>
>
Here is the patch for this.
==================cut here===========================
--- old/sh/name.c Mon Jun 24 15:37:10 2013
+++ new/sh/name.c Wed Jul 10 14:39:41 2013
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@
if(array&NV_ARRAY)
{
nv_setarray(np,nv_associative);
+ if(typ)
+ nv_settype(np,typ,0);
}
else
{
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David Korn
d...@research.att.com
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