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Re: select syntax violates the POLA
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: select syntax violates the POLA |
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Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:30:03 -0400 |
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 02:54:55PM -0700, Greywolf wrote:
> the requirement
> to have ${var[ix]} instead of honouring $var[ix] with regard to arrays
> is another one).
Before the introduction of arrays, $var[ix] already had a meaning:
the value of the "var" parameter, followed by the 4-character string [ix].
Redefining $var[ix] to mean the same thing as ${var[ix]} would have
broken existing scripts.
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- Re: select syntax violates the POLA, Greywolf, 2021/04/05
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