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Re: declare -ia does not enfore integer type on initialisation
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Peggy Russell |
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Re: declare -ia does not enfore integer type on initialisation |
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Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:25:59 +0000 (UTC) |
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> > Description:
> > declare -ia not enforced if variable is initiated using =
>
> Correct; bash applies the integer attribute after the variable assignment.
> It has been this way since arrays were introduced (well, at least as far
> back as bash-3.2; that's when I stopped looking).
Perhaps documenting the behavior would be helpful. Maybe the last sentence
to the declare help could say, "Attributes added with -a or -A do not take
effect until subsequent assignments."
Peggy Russell