On 12/15/14, 9:41 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Though I just ran into a bit of weirdness (in 4.2.45)
> (output is commented out and indented):
>
> env -i /bin/bash --norc --noprofile
> declare -a ar=(ONE TWO THREE)
> declare -p ar
> # declare -a ar='([0]="ONE" [1]="TWO" [2]="THREE")'
>
> #### add 'l', and note output:
>
> declare -al ar=(${ar[@]})
> declare -p ar
> # declare -al ar='([0]="ONE" [1]="TWO" [2]="THREE")' # Note - no
> conversion
>
> # ok, now set export:
> declare -x ar=(${ar[@]})
> declare -p ar
> declare -axl ar='([0]="one" [1]="two" [2]="three")' # now "-l"
> takes effect
Thanks for the report. This is a bug, and will be fixed in the next
release of bash.
Chet
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