On 8/24/20 12:58 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> Op 24-08-20 om 15:57 schreef Chet Ramey:
>> I sometimes think I should have stuck with converting PROMPT_COMMAND to
>> an array. Either way, there's going to be a transition, and maybe that
>> would have been the easiest.
>
> Is it too late? I think that would actually be cleaner than adding a
> separate array, per Koichi's report.
We're not "adding" anything. Bash just looks for this variable and reacts
if it finds it. It's not a special variable, and bash doesn't create it if
it doesn't exist.
What I mean is looking for PROMPT_COMMAND as happens now, and reacting a
different way if it's an array variable. That would resolve the existing
assignment issues, but open up the separate issues you describe.
Chet
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