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| From: | Chet Ramey |
| Subject: | Re: Changing the way bash expands associative array subscripts |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:31:34 -0400 |
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On 4/6/21 11:52 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
In that case, I have no qualms about proposing that unset 'a[@]' and unset 'a[*]' be changed to remove only the array element whose key is '@' or '*', respectively, and screw backward compatibility. The current behavior is pointless and is nothing but a surprise landmine. Anyone relying on the current behavior will just have to change their script.
Plus a BASH_COMPAT setting for the old behavior.
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