> these two array subscripts, while
> they appear identical, are not exactly the same:
>
> foo["a'b"]=two
> unset foo["a'b"]
>
> The first does not undergo any word expansions before the array
> assignment code runs, so that code performs the appropriate word
> expansions (everything except word
Thanks again for the clear explanation, Greg.
> I don't think this is documented in the manual.
I contend that it ought to be. While not a bug in functionality, as I
originally thought I was reporting, an omission from the documentation is still
a minor bug.
Thank you, Greg, for the quick, helpful response.
> Your best bet is to store the
> index in a variable instead of trying to deal with multiple levels
> of quoting in the same argument.
In the script where this problem arose, the index is indeed stored in a
variable, and I tried various ways of
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