Re: Empty array referenced by indirection reports unbound variable

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/6/22 4:23 AM, konsolebox wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:35 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> > Let's try it. Thanks for the report.
>
> It seems to be already fixed in 5.2-alpha (thanks), but I can't see it
> mentioned in the changelog.  Can you kindly confirm if it really is?

From CHANGES:

"bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables
    (declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if
    set -u is enabled and the array (v) is unset."

From the bash change log:

"subst.c
        - parameter_brace_expand: when expanding an indirect variable, extend
          the special case for array[@] and array[*] (set -u/no positional
          parameters, obeying the baroque quoting rules) to the value of the
          indirection. Report and fix from konsolebox <konsolebox@gmail.com>
"



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