Re: Error in bash documentation for builtin declare

[Edouard Thiel]

Le 06/11/2020 à 18:06, Chet Ramey a écrit :
> On 11/6/20 11:53 AM, Edouard Thiel wrote:
> > This is more clear, and in fact, ok for me (if subscripted means
> > associative?);
> > the link above is not up to date.
> The same language appears in the "Shell Parameters" section of the manual
> at the above link, just as it does in the "PARAMETERS" section of the
> manual page.
in fact, I didn't see this. The #Bash-Builtins section misled me. Sorry!
> > By the way, I have seen that the nameref works more or less for functions:
> > $ foo() { echo "hello" ;}
> > $ declare -n bar=foo
> > but the reference has to be dereferenced when calling:
> > $ ${!bar}
> > hello
> >
> > is it still the case in bash 5?
> Sure, it seems harmless to allow it.
I mean, I was surprised I couldn't simply run
$ bar

thanks for your fast responses
Cheers, Edouard

PS I love teaching bash :)

>

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