BUG: Bash does not export arrays

[James Graham]

Bash does not export arrays into the environment.  Why not?
...or Did I Miss Something Here?

bash-2.05b$ echo $BASH_VERSION
2.05b.0(1)-release
bash-2.05b$ export x=foo
bash-2.05b$ PS1=": " bash
: echo $x
foo
: exit
bash-2.05b$ unset x
bash-2.05b$ x='#'
bash-2.05b$ x[$UID]=':'
bash-2.05b$ export x
bash-2.05b$ PS="${x[$UID]} " bash
: echo ${x[$UID]}

: echo $x

: exit
bash-2.05b$ 


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