> > Lots of things "could be useful" if only they worked, but they don't work, > so you don't do them. >
Yes, and it does work in 4.4. > The fact that this undocumented, unsupported hack "appeared to work" > with certain inputs in bash 4.4 is just an unfortunate event, unless > Chet decides to make it an actual supported feature. > https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Shell-Parameters.html , bottom chapter, in the middle: However, nameref variables can reference array variables and subscripted array variables.
