Re: Behaviour of test -v with assoc array and quote character in key

[Greg Wooledge]

Oğuz (oguzismailuysal@gmail.com) wrote:
> `(( assoc[\$var]++ ))' works fine as usual.

unicorn:~$ bash-5.1
unicorn:~$ declare -A hash
unicorn:~$ key=\'\]
unicorn:~$ hash[$key]=17
unicorn:~$ (( hash[\$key]++ ))
unicorn:~$ declare -p hash
declare -A hash=(["']"]="18" )
unicorn:~$ (( 'hash[$key]'++ ))
bash-5.1: ((: 'hash[']]'++ : syntax error: operand expected (error token is 
"'hash[']]'++ ")
unicorn:~$ (( hash['$key']++ ))
bash-5.1: ((: hash['']']++ : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error 
token is "']++ ")
unicorn:~$ (( hash['$'key]++ ))
unicorn:~$ declare -p hash
declare -A hash=(["\$key"]="1" ["']"]="18" )

I understand absolutely none of this.  Quoting the $ works, but only
if you quote it with a backslash, not with single quotes?  And quoting
any other characters besides the $ fails?

Sorry, I'm still going with "this stuff's broken -- don't use it".