Re: test '-v' - associative vs. normal array discrepancy - a bug ?

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/19/14, 5:03 PM, Piotr Grzybowski wrote:

>  exactly. why is that? you touched the most important thing: types.
> thats why in script languages, where you do not define variables with
> types as such, you have the meaning of "empty", a="" makes a empty,
> declare -A b makes b empty.

You're using `empty' imprecisely.  In your example, a is set, while b
is not.

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