SIGSEGV on "local -a GROUPS=(...)" in function

This is probably not a good thing to be doing in the first place (I ran into this before realizing that GROUPS was a special variable): #!/bin/bash crashy () { local -a GROUPS=(a b); } crashy But it probably shouldn't be doing this (tested in bash 4.2.42 on archlinux x86_64, and bash 4.2.10 on ar

Does declaring an array variable initialize it?

array variables more consistent with normal variables, but I couldn't find anything in CHANGES which obviously relates to this, so I'm not sure if this is a bug or not. Was I always mistaken in figuring that declaring an array also initialized it? -- Richard Tollerton

Re: Does declaring an array variable initialize it?

Chet Ramey writes: > On 3/20/14 12:41 AM, Richard Tollerton wrote: >> >> I suppose that this change in behavior makes array variables more >> consistent with normal variables, but I couldn't find anything in >> CHANGES which obviously relates to this, so I'