On Friday, June 14, 2013 02:30:19 PM Pierre Gaston wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Dan Douglas <orm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also forgot to mention (though it should be obvious).
> >
> > $ ~/doc/programs/bash43 -c 'function f { typeset -n x=$1; : "$x"; }; a=(yo
> > jo); f "a[\$(echo yes this even applies to namerefs>&2)0]"'
> > yes this even applies to namerefs
> >
> > In a nutshell bash namerefs don't actually enable any new functionality.
> > It's
> > just a convenient syntax, makes dealing with keys indirectly easier, and
> > improves portability in some limited cases.
> >
> Maybe nameref also allows to avoid name clashes (which I believe is
> not that easy to workaround now)?
It doesn't. https://gist.github.com/ormaaj/5682807
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Dan Douglas
