On 11/17/20 7:56 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:36:48PM -0800, L A Walsh wrote:
or (to reproduce error):
an_alias='res=() t=""
for ci in "${!foo[@]}"; do \
Nice detective work there. I can confirm this in Debian's bash 5.0.3:
unicorn:~$ alias foo='a=() b=""
for i in 1; do echo hi; done'
unicorn:~$ foo
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
unicorn:~$ alias bar='a=()
b=""
for i in 1; do echo hi; done'
unicorn:~$ bar
hi
Interesting. Thanks for the simple reproducer, both of you. I'll take a
look after bash-5.1 is out.
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