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Re: coproc and existing variables


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: coproc and existing variables
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 11:56:08 -0400
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On 5/16/16 4:44 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> A couple of minor things after the change (i don’t know if they’re worth
> looking at..)
> 
>   * If coproc name is a nameref to an unset variable, a nameref/array is
>     left over:

What do you think should happen here?  Should the coproc code remove the
nameref attribute and use the name supplied to the coproc command as the
name of the array, or should it resolve the nameref and use `x' as the
name of the coproc?  I'm interested in opinions here.

Chet

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