Re: Verifying behavior of nameref feature

2014-12-20 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/19/14 5:10 PM, Jonathan Hankins wrote: > I wanted to verify that this behavior is intended, as I can't find it > described in the manual. > > $ echo $BASH_VERSION > 4.3.30(1)-release > $ foo=bar > $ echo $foo > bar > $ bar=123 > $ echo $bar > 123 > $ typeset -n foo > $ echo $foo > 123 > $ e

Re: printf and the $ modifier

2014-12-20 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/20/14 11:58 AM, Aharon Robbins wrote: > In article , > Chet Ramey wrote: >> 3. There's not actually a lot of demand to make it available, and few >> implementations go through the pain (even the standalone GNU printf). >> The only one I found after a quick non-exhaustive search is the k

Re: printf and the $ modifier

2014-12-20 Thread Aharon Robbins
In article , Chet Ramey wrote: >3. There's not actually a lot of demand to make it available, and few > implementations go through the pain (even the standalone GNU printf). > The only one I found after a quick non-exhaustive search is the ksh93 > builtin, which doesn't use the libc printf

Verifying behavior of nameref feature

2014-12-20 Thread Jonathan Hankins
I wanted to verify that this behavior is intended, as I can't find it described in the manual. $ echo $BASH_VERSION 4.3.30(1)-release $ foo=bar $ echo $foo bar $ bar=123 $ echo $bar 123 $ typeset -n foo $ echo $foo 123 $ echo ${!foo}# this is what I want to verify bar Is using ${!foo} int