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Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i386 OS: openbsd4.4 Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' -DCONF_OSTYPE='openbsd4.4' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-unknown-openbsd4.4' -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 uname output: OpenBSD obsd1 4.4 GENERIC#1021 i386 Machine Type: i386-unknown-openbsd4.4 Bash Version: 4.0 Patch Level: 0 Description: playing with the associative arrays, bash ends up in what appears to be a busy loop that I cannot interupt with C-c Repeat-By: bash-4.0$ declare -A array bash-4.0$ declare array["foo[bar"]=bleh bash-4.0$ array["foo"]=bleh