Re: Problem with array initialization in typeset.

[Chet Ramey]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i386
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' 
> -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
> -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4
> uname output: Linux saturn 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 24 14:20:06 EST 
> 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 14
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       Array initialization seems to be broken from typeset

The problem is actually double evaluation.  In versions of bash through
3.0, the assignment statement ends up being expanded twice:  once before
typeset is called, and once by the array assignment code.

This has been fixed for the next version of bash, and things work as you
expect.

Chet
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