Hi, it is here:
test.c: 642 t = assoc_reference (assoc_cell (v), "0"); mostly what Greg said. do you think we should return true there for non-empty associative arrays? cheers, pg On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good day - > Please could anyone explain why the first command below produces no output: > $ ( declare -A a=([a]=1); if [ -v a ]; then echo yes; fi ) > $ ( declare -a a=([0]=1); if [ -v a ]; then echo yes; fi ) > yes > $ > There does not appear to be any documentation about > different behaviour of -v for associative vs. normal arrays: > > -v varname > True if the shell variable varname is set (has been > assigned a value). > > Should that be ammended to : > -v varname > True if the shell variable varname is not an associative > array and is set > (has been assigned a value). > or is this a bug with -v ? > > I'm using bash-4.3.30(1) , but it appears also to be an issue with > bash-4.3.11(1) . > > Regards, > Jason >
