Re: How to initialize a read-only, global, associative array in Bash?

[Roman Rakus]

On 11/26/2012 10:45 PM, Tim Friske wrote:
> Hi folks,
Hi
> I execute the following code in Bash version "GNU bash, Version
> 4.2.39(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)":
>
> function foobar {
>    declare -rgA FOOBAR=([foo]=bar)
> }
> foobar
> declare -p FOOBAR
> # Output: declare -Ar FOOBAR='()'
I think there should be also -g but it is not
> Why doesn't Bash initialize FOOBAR with ([foo]=bar) according to
> declare -p? The same declaration works outside of a function, e.g.
>
> declare -rgA FOOBAR=([foo]=bar)
> declare -p FOOBAR
> # Output: declare -Ar FOOBAR='([foo]="bar" )'
>
> Similarly the following code but without FOOBAR being read-only works:
>
> function foobar {
>    declare -gA FOOBAR
>    FOOBAR=([foo]=bar)
> }
> foobar
> declare -p FOOBAR
> # Output: declare -A FOOBAR='([foo]="bar" )'
>
> Is this a bug or feature?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
> BTW: I couldn't find a "bashbug" RPM package in the Fedora 17
> repositories; that's why I wrote this formless mail. Sorry for that.
/usr/bin/bashbug-64
I will try to add symlink or something. Thanks
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