On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Diego Augusto Molina <diegoaugustomol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib > -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' > -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin' > -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash/bashrc' > -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash/bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS > -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -O2 -pipe > uname output: Linux diegom 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 #4 SMP Thu Jul 22 21:06:07 > ART 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.60GHz > GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 37 > Release Status: release > > Description: > BASH complains when asigning some (didn't try all of them) > non-ASCII characters to a variable with the integer attribute. Tried > with vocal letters with an acute accent, grave accent, circumflex > accent, 'Ñ', 'ñ', 'ç', 'Ç', and some more I can't remember by now. Hoped > it would just do nothing, as happens when asigning anything that is not > a number to a variable of this kind. > Thank you for BASH. > > Repeat-By: > declare -i variable > variable='á' > > -- > > Diego Augusto Molina > diegoaugustomol...@gmail.com >
It doesn't complain only when you assign something that is a valid variable name: ie declare -i var var=foo # is fine foo is a variable an empty/unset variable is evaluated as 0 var="a b" # error just for fun try: foo=1+1+1 var=foo echo "$foo $var"
