Re: test -v for array does not work as documented

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020, pepa65 wrote:

> On 20/02/2020 19.48, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> Still, I think it's sad that there isn't a command that can test for
>> assigned vs void variable, without the need for parsing of declare -p
>> output.

> There is no need to parse, the return value of `declare -p var` or
> `typeset -p var` will tell you what you want.

Unfortunately, it doesn't:

   $ f() {
   >   local var
   >   var="foo"
   >   declare -p var
   >   echo $?
   >   unset var
   >   declare -p var
   >   echo $?
   > }
   $ f
   declare -- var="foo"
   0
   declare -- var
   0