Re: bash does filename expansion when assigning to array member in compound form

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/22/12 8:58 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:

> Then how about this: words inside a compound assignment statement that are
> recognized as assignment statements ([1]=foo) are expanded like assignment
> statements (no brace expansion, globbing, or word splitting).  Other words
> undergo all the expansions.
> 
> That means you can do things like
> 
> [{0,1,2,3}]=foo
> 
> to set the first four elements to the same value

Or should these be marked as assignment statements after brace expansion,
with the appropriate expansions performed?  It can be complicated to
suppress brace expansion on the RHS after allowing it on the LHS.

Chet

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