On 5/3/13 5:48 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [+cc bug-gnulib, see below for a reason]
>
> Minimal reproducer of the regression:
>
> $ cat foo.bash
> echo "$BASH_VERSION"
> declare -A hash
> echo ${hash[a/b]}
> echo $?
>
> $ /bin/bash foo.bash
> 4.2.45(1)-release
>
> 0
>
> $ ~/bleeding/bin/bash foo.bash
> 4.3.0(1)-alpha
> foo.bash: line 3: a/b: division by 0 (error token is "b")
> 1
>
> Notice that the new behaviour breaks the gnulib-tool script
> (that's how I noticed this regression).
You're just not bleeding-edge enough. :-)
That problem was fixed several weeks ago as part of the ongoing cleanup
of `invisible placeholder' variables (variables with attributes but no
values, which are technically unset).
Chet
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