On 11/24/20 8:30 AM, Léa Gris wrote:
> Should variables automatically created within arithmetic constructs have
> the integer flag implied?
No. There's no reason to do this. If you want an integer variable, declare
it as such beforehand.
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 02:30:36PM +0100, Léa Gris wrote:
> Should variables automatically created within arithmetic constructs have the
> integer flag implied?
No. Please, no. It's bad enough that the -i flag exists in the first
place, without it being randomly added to poor innocent variables.
Should variables automatically created within arithmetic constructs have
the integer flag implied?
unset x; ((x = 42)); typeset -p x
> declare -- x="42"
Should it be:
declare -i x="42"
Here are cases where that would make a difference:
unset x; ((x = 42)); x+=624; typeset -p x
> declare --
