Re: Sourcing array declarations from a function

[Eli Schwartz]

On 11/26/20 12:17 PM, Marco Ippolito wrote:
> I would not expect this asymmetry of visibility, what explains it?
>
> #! /usr/bin/env bash
>
> cat > /tmp/file.bash << 'EOF'
> parameter=foo
> declare -A bar=([baz]=quux)
> EOF
>
> f() {
>      source /tmp/file.bash
> }
>
> f

Inside of a function, you used declare without -g

> echo "parameter: $parameter"
> echo "bar's values: ${bar[@]}"
>
> source /tmp/file.bash
>
> echo "parameter: $parameter"
> echo "bar's values: ${bar[@]}"

Outside of the function, you tried to access the `declare`d variable.

> === >
>
> parameter: foo
> bar's values:
> parameter: foo
> bar's values: quux
>
> --
> Marco Ippolito
> maroloccio@gmail.com


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Eli Schwartz
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