Re: set and type garbles functions that set v=$'\001'

[Chet Ramey]

Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:

> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 15
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     If a function f set a variable v to $'\001' then type f or set
>     add a second \001 in it's output. Hence v becomes $'\001\001'.
>     You'll need to use a hex viewer (in the example xxd) to see it.

Thanks for the report.  It's a problem of converting from an internal to
external form.  It will be fixed in the next bash release.

Chet


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