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PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2
Patch Level: 53
Release Status: release
Description:
[Detailed description of the problem, suggestion, or complaint.]
When I create hash and later add keys using the form
"HASH+=([key]=VALUE)", if KEY already existed in the HASH, then
I get the += applied to the VALUE as well
(strings get appended, ints get added).
Whether '+=' or '=' is used in the VALUE assignment, the
effect is '+='.
Can I suggest that, maybe, this "interesting" behavior be
limited to the in-parens, "[KEY][+]=VAL" part?
Repeat-By:
(Example)
> alias sv='my -p' #(show_var)
> hash cfg=(); sv cfg
declare -A cfg='()' #empty hash
> cfg+=([one]=1 [two]=2) ; sv cfg
declare -A cfg='([one]="1" [two]="2" )' #two elements
> cfg+=([two]=2 [three]=3) ; sv cfg
declare -A cfg='([one]="1" [two]="22" [three]="3" )' #Note key 'two'
> int cfg # switch existing hash to integers.
# explicitly use += in some
> cfg+=([one]+=1 [two]=2 [three]+=0-3 ) # VALUE assignments
> sv cfg
declare -Ai cfg='([one]="2" [two]="24" [three]="0" )'
Fix:
Honor "=" to mean "set" and allow "+=" to continue to
access this behavior.
