RE: bash 4.3 and 4.2 trouble with associative arrays assigned by ``printf -v''

[dnade.ext]

For the record, in bash 4.2.25 (Ubuntu LTS 12.04) you can work around your 
issue with :

printf -v "aa["ind2"]" %s ""

or

printf -v "aa["ind2"]" %s

        D

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : bug-bash-bounces+dnade.ext=orange.com@gnu.org [mailto:bug-bash-
> bounces+dnade.ext=orange.com@gnu.org] De la part de NBaH
> Envoyé : jeudi 21 novembre 2013 19:04
> À : bug-bash@gnu.org
> Objet : bash 4.3 and 4.2 trouble with associative arrays assigned by
> ``printf -v''
> 
> hello,
> 
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/nbah/share/locale'
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DDEBUG -DMALLOC_DEBUG -I.  -I.
> -I./include -I./lib   -g -O2
> uname output: Linux mymachine 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: beta2
> 
> Description:
> associative indexes don't appear when assigned by ``printf -v''
> $ declare -A aa
> $ printf -v "aa["ind1"]" "value 1"
> $ printf -v "aa["ind2"]" "value 2"
> $ printf '%s\n' "${!aa[@]}"
> 
> $
> 
> also :
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 37
> Release Status: release
> empty value in associative array when assigned by ``printf -v'' don't
> "assign" index
> $ declare -A aa
> $ printf -v "aa["ind1"]" "value 1"
> $ printf -v "aa["ind2"]" ""
> $ printf '%s\n' "${!aa[@]}"
> ind1
> $

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