Re: Issue declaring an array via a variable name

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

i wrote, i write again
declare "var=value"
not
declare "var"="value"

On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 00:02 Hunter Wittenborn <hunter@hunterwittenborn.com>
wrote:

> > As an end user I would expect the unquoted `('
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> > operator to cause a syntax error, just as it does in `echo ('.
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> Well I'm expecting '(' to be part of the shell's syntax (when unquoted; so
> likewise not cause a syntax error), but when looking at things like the
> left side of a variable assignment, I'm sure you'll agree that it should
> allow any string that fits a variable's normal specification (regardless of
> being an array or not).
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> Maybe this will explain how I'm thinking about it:
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> In my head, something like this (where 'value' is equal to 'y'):
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> `declare "${value}"="x"`
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> becomes this (which it appears to do so):
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> `declare "y"="x"`
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> Logically (for me anyway), this:
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> `declare "${value}"=("x" "z")`
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> should then become this:
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> `declare "y"=("x" "z")`
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