cc: ksh93-integration-discuss at opensolaris.org
Subject: Re: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Dereferencing an array name
reference
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> > However, the behavior of
> > ${!x[foo]}
> > is currently undocumented and currently outputs foo. This will be changed
>
> Why do you think that this is undocumented? I'd expect that if x is an
> element in an array [foo] describes the 2nd dimension, expanding to
> a[x][foo]. Or am I wrong?
> --
> robert neville - it consultant
>
>
I was saying that even in the case that x is an array variable, not a reference,
that the documentation does not say ${!x[foo]} will yield. It should
yield x[foo] but it in fact gives foo.
You are correc that if x is a name reference to a[x], then ${!x[foo]} should
be a[x][foo].
David Korn
dgk at research.att.com
