*** ../bash-4.1-patched/subst.c	2009-12-30 08:24:28.000000000 -0500
--- subst.c	2010-01-24 14:57:19.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 5244,5247 ****
--- 5244,5248 ----
    char *t, c;
    ARRAY *array;
+   HASH_TABLE *h;
    SHELL_VAR *var;
  
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*** 5267,5279 ****
  
    array = array_p (var) ? array_cell (var) : (ARRAY *)NULL;
  
    if (ALL_ELEMENT_SUB (t[0]) && t[1] == ']')
      {
        if (assoc_p (var))
! 	return (assoc_num_elements (assoc_cell (var)));
        else if (array_p (var))
! 	return (array_num_elements (array));
        else
! 	return 1;
      }
  
--- 5268,5281 ----
  
    array = array_p (var) ? array_cell (var) : (ARRAY *)NULL;
+   h = assoc_p (var) ? assoc_cell (var) : (HASH_TABLE *)NULL;
  
    if (ALL_ELEMENT_SUB (t[0]) && t[1] == ']')
      {
        if (assoc_p (var))
! 	return (h ? assoc_num_elements (h) : 0);
        else if (array_p (var))
! 	return (array ? array_num_elements (array) : 0);
        else
! 	return (value_cell (var) ? 1 : 0);
      }