On 7/28/20 4:14 PM, Ilkka Virta wrote: > On 28.7. 17:22, Chet Ramey wrote: >> On 7/23/20 8:11 PM, Alexey Izbyshev wrote: >>> $ Z='a b' >>> $ A=(X=$Z) >>> $ declare -p A >>> declare -a A=([0]="X=a b") > >> It's an assignment statement in a context where assignment statements are >> accepted (which is what makes it different from `echo X=$Z', for instance), >> but the lack of a subscript on the lhs makes it a special case. I'll take a >> look at the semantics here. > > This is also a bit curious: > > $ b=( [123]={a,b,c}x ) > $ declare -p b > declare -a b=([0]="[123]=ax" [1]="[123]=bx" [2]="[123]=cx") > > It does seem to have a subscript on the LHS, but it didn't work as one. > To be in line with a plain scalar assignment, the braces should probably > not be expanded here.
Thanks, I'll look at it. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/