On 10/24/16 7:32 PM, L. A. Walsh wrote:
> I don't understand the ambiguity. If param= "#obj[@]", then it
> is clear to me that the user wants the length of an array named "obj".
Stop there. In something like ${#obj[@]}, `param' is `obj[@]'. The
`${#param}' is a clearly-defined word expansion, separate from the
`[:]-' forms:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06_02
That's what we're talking about here.
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