Re: -v no longer works for associative arrays

[Bryan Roessler]

For indexed arrays, yes. I hadn't made the connection with associative
arrays since I don't typically index them with numbers, thanks.

$ declare -A f[0]=true
$ declare -A g[foo]=bar
$ test -v f; echo $?
0
$ test -v g; echo $?
1

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 12:10 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 10/13/22 12:06 PM, Oğuz wrote:
>
> >   test -v seems broken anyway
> >
> > $ declare -A foo=(a 42)
> > $ declare -a bar=(42)
> > $ test -v foo; echo $?
> > 1
> > $ test -v bar; echo $?
> > 0
>
> You know that referencing an array variable without a subscript is
> equivalent to referencing element 0 (or "0").
>
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