Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O -march=pentium-m -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -pipe -ffast-math -funroll-loops -O3 uname output: Linux courier 2.6.11 #6 Sun May 8 23:59:20 PDT 2005 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.0 Patch Level: 16 Release Status: release Description: when I declare a local variable as an array it still acts as a scalar, not as an array. I discovered that if I seperate the local declaration from the initialization, the variable properly acts as an array. Repeat-By: f() { local B=("a" "b") echo $B C=("a" "b") echo $C } A=("a" "b") echo $A f Produces: a (a b) a Workaround: split the declaration and initialization: local B B=("a" "b") _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash