On 2/5/14 5:25 PM, Peggy Russell wrote:
>>> Description:
>>> declare -ia not enforced if variable is initiated using =
>>
>> Correct; bash applies the integer attribute after the variable assignment.
>> It has been this way since arrays were introduced (well, at least as far
>> back as bash-3.2; that's when I stopped looking).
>
> Perhaps documenting the behavior would be helpful. Maybe the last sentence
> to the declare help could say, "Attributes added with -a or -A do not take
> effect until subsequent assignments."
Thanks, good idea.
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