Re: New array_expand_once option

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/17/23 11:08 AM, alex xmb ratchev wrote:

>     To better describe its functionality, I renamed assoc_expand_once to
>     array_expand_once. The old name is still accepted.
>
>
> its an opt that have manually to be enabled ?
> or is by default on

It's off by default.

>     When the next version of bash is released, the old bash-5.2 behavior (that
>     runs `uname' in the above examples) will be available if the shell
>     compatibility level is set to 52 or lower.

The compatibility level will override the setting of array_expand_once,
even if array_expand_once is someday enabled by default.

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