Re: associative array assignment from the output of a function

[Axel]

Le 22/10/2010 14:56, Chet Ramey a écrit :
> And you're trying to redeclare it as an associative array here.  The
> variable already exists; you can't convert it between array types;
> and bash tells you this.  If you want an associative array, unset the
> variable before you declare it.

After your answer, I checked and I think the error message is not 
related to the variable name collision :

[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ unset foo
[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ func()
> {
> echo "[a]=5 [b]=10"
> }
[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ declare -A foo=( $(func) )
-bash: foo: [a]=5: must use subscript when assigning associative array
-bash: foo: [b]=10: must use subscript when assigning associative array
[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ echo ${foo[a]}

[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ declare -a bar=( $(func) )
[axel@axel-asus plugins]$ echo ${bar[0]}
[a]=5