On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 02:07:46PM +0000, Baumann, Moritz wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-musl
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -Os -Wformat -Werror=format-security
> -Werror=int-conversion -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash/bashrc' -g
> uname output: Linux 9c586e87b370 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Fri
> Jan 27 02:56:13 UTC 2023 x86_64 Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-alpine-linux-musl
>
> Bash Version: 5.2
> Patch Level: 15
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When the nounset option is set, and you try to access a key of an
> associative array that does not exist, the error message complains
> about the key being unbound instead of the array variable.
>
> Repeat-By:
> set -u
> declare -r -A myarray=( [foo]='bar' )
> # typo in name of the associative array
> echo ${my_array[foo]}
>
> Expected output: bash: my_array: unbound variable
> Actual output: bash: foo: unbound variable
That is correct behaviour: you set myarray[foo], but you tried to expand
my_array[foo] that is not set.
emanuele6
