Re: strange interaction between 'nullglob' and 'unset'

[Chet Ramey]

Alexandre Gerussi wrote:

> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i386
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include 
> -I../bash/lib  -g -O2
> uname output: Linux Melville 2.4.26-1-k7 #1 Sat May 1 21:40:09 EST 2004 i686 
> GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Setting or unsetting the 'nullglob' option seems to interfere with the 'unset' 
> command when
> used to unset an array's element.

It does indeed.  If you want `unset' to see what you intend, disable
whatever processing occurs before unset is invoked by quoting its
arguments.

Chet