Re: [Bash 4.4.5] Variable indirection, error on empty variable

2016-11-28 Thread Otenba
>It is indeed an error to attempt to perform indirection on an empty or unset >parameter. What I showed was that it is an error only for an empty parameter. If it's unset then it will do what it did in Bash 4.3, which is return an empty string without error. And another possibility is if the in

[Bash 4.4.5] Variable indirection, error on empty variable

2016-11-27 Thread Otenba
Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./