On Fri, 9 Mar 2018 11:29:35 -0500
Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 3/7/18 3:20 PM, christopher barry wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:45:13 -0500
> > christopher barry wrote:
> >
> > ===8<---snip
> >
> >>
> >> I am in fact using this method with associative arrays.
> >>
> >> I have a default hash that
On 3/7/18 3:20 PM, christopher barry wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:45:13 -0500
> christopher barry wrote:
>
> ===8<---snip
>
>>
>> I am in fact using this method with associative arrays.
>>
>> I have a default hash that is full of default values for a particular
>> generic type of thing. Variat
On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:45:13 -0500
christopher barry wrote:
===8<---snip
>
> I am in fact using this method with associative arrays.
>
> I have a default hash that is full of default values for a particular
> generic type of thing. Variations of this thing use many of the
> defaults, but also s
On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:09:10 -0500
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 10:54:22AM -0500, christopher barry wrote:
> > So yes 'ivar -3' is very, very bad indeed, and was a nasty bug, and
> > I absolutely agree that making sure the string is a validly
> > formatted var name before attempt
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 10:54:22AM -0500, christopher barry wrote:
> So yes 'ivar -3' is very, very bad indeed, and was a nasty bug, and I
> absolutely agree that making sure the string is a validly formatted var
> name before attempting to evaluate it is the right approach.
>
> My only request is
On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:51:59 -0500
Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 3/6/18 11:38 PM, christopher barry wrote:
>
> > Bash Version: 4.4 (does not work)
> > Patch Level: 12
> > Release Status: release
> >
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > a simple function that is used to test if a var is indirect or not
> > an
On 3/6/18 11:38 PM, christopher barry wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4 (does not work)
> Patch Level: 12
> Release Status: release
>
>
> Description:
>
> a simple function that is used to test if a var is indirect or not and
> return the value whether indirect or simply a string is no longer
> workin
From: cba...@rajant.com
To: bug-bash@gnu.org
Subject: indirect variable behavior breakage
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Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCO
