# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # tests for `problem' keys when using associative arrays and assoc_expand_once # deal with problems for now; this is a placeholder for if and when I fix them typeset -A a shopt -s assoc_expand_once k='[' echo $(( a[$k]=7 )) k=']' echo $(( a[$k]=7 )) unset a declare -A A for k in $'\t' ' '; do (( A[$k]=2 )) done declare -p A for k in ']' '*' '@'; do (( A[$k]=2 )) done declare -p A unset A declare -A A for k in ']' '*' '@' $'\t' ' '; do A[$k]=2 done declare -p A unset A declare -A A for k in $'\t' ' ' ']' '*' '@'; do read "A[$k]" <<< X done declare -p A unset A declare -A A for k in $'\t' ' ' ']' '*' '@'; do printf -v "A[$k]" "%s" X done declare -p A unset A declare -A A for k in ']' '*' '@'; do declare A[$k]=X done declare -p A unset A declare -A A for k in ']' '*' '@'; do declare "A[$k]=X" done declare -p A