On 18 Aug 2015 10:51, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 8/17/15 4:19 AM, isabella parakiss wrote: > > Quoting is necessary in a few cases: > > > > $ var=foo; declare -A "arr$var=([x]=y)" > > bash: warning: arrfoo=([x]=y): quoted compound array assignment deprecated > > $ var=foo; declare -A arr$var=([x]=y) > > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > > $ var=foo; declare -A "arr$var"=([x]=y) > > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > > > > I don't think this should be the default behaiour... > > This is exactly the case for which the warning is intended. If you want > to construct variable names on the fly, use `eval' or don't mix > declarations of constructed variable names with compound assignment. > > You can read the extensive discussion starting at > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-12/msg00028.html. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-12/msg00115.html is the > newest proposal.
just to double check, the warning from this code is expected ? $ bash-4.3 -c 'declare -a foo=(a b c); export foo; declare -p foo' declare -ax foo='([0]="a" [1]="b" [2]="c")' $ bash-4.4 -c "declare -a foo='(a b c)'" bash-4.4: warning: foo=(a b c): quoted compound array assignment deprecated we see this in Gentoo because we save/restore build envs via bash. so all builds done w/bash-4.3 and older use the quoted syntax, so updating with bash-4.4 in the system triggers these warnings. we can adjust our tooling to handle it, but would be nice if older bash didn't do it either. maybe send out a 4.3-p43 ? ;) -mike
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature