Re: best indirect assign of scalar and array variables

[Andreas Schwab]

"J. Greg Davidson" <jgd@well.com> writes:

> Here are the convenience functions I use now:
>
> # simple_set VARIABLE_NAME VALUE...
> # sets the named variable to the specified value/list
> simple_set() {
>     local -r name="${1}" ; shift
>     eval "${name}='${*}'"
> }

This will fail if $* contains single quote characters.  You need to
delay the expansion of $* so that it happens during the rescan.

simple_set() {
    local -r name=$1 ; shift
    eval "$name=\$*"
}

Andreas.

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