Re: bash 4.x filters out environmental variables containing a dot in the name

[Jan Schampera]

Christian Krause wrote:

> Given all of these facts I still tend to say that the bash shouldn't
> filter them...

There's always the following argument:

"Other characters may be permitted by an implementation; applications
shall tolerate the presence of such names."

I agree with Christian here. As far as technically possible, Bash should
respect every environment variable name.

J.