Hi Florian, On Sonntag, 12. Oktober 2014, Florian Weimer wrote: > Array variables practically imply arithmetic evaluation, amd this is a > shell feature which is rather difficult to use correctly because > compatibility with other shell encourages both recursive evaluation > and access to the full shell language in a few corners.
and if I dont care about compatibilty?
> If you need array variables, it's likely that the script has grown so
> complex that switching to another language is a good idea.
oh, yeah. amen++
cheers,
Holger, just dealing with 25 lines of shell growing into 1000 lines
and where I missed the point to switch to python or anything
else sensible....
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