Re: set -x vs. n=($@)

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, at 6:08 AM, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> please either say
> + m=$@
> + n=($@)
> or better:
> + m='a b c'
> + n=('a' 'b' 'c')
> or metion on 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html 
> the special exception.

This behavior is not specific to $@.

        bash-5.2$ a=foo
        bash-5.2$ set -x
        bash-5.2$ b=("$a")
        + b=("$a")

However...

        bash-5.2$ declare -a c=("$a")
        + c=('foo')
        + declare -a c

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vq