Re: ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values; inconsistencies between present and absent [@] for @A and @a

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/19/20 4:03 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values.
> See empty values for all occurrences of ${!var@...} below.
> 
> ${variable@A} does not work for scalar variables without values, but
> interestingly ${variable[@]@A} works for them.
> See difference between ${VAR1@A} and ${VAR1[@]@A} below.
> However neither ${variable@A} nor ${variable[@]@A} works for arrays
> without values.
> 
> Both ${variable@a} and ${variable[@]@a} work for scalar variables
> without values.
> However ${variable[@]@a} does not work for arrays without values.

Same answer as previously: maybe it should display the attributes
even thought the variable is unset.

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