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Re: declare -ia does not enfore integer type on initialisation


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: declare -ia does not enfore integer type on initialisation
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:21:41 -0500
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On 2/4/14, 5:17 PM, phil colbourn wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 45
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> declare -ia not enforced if variable is initiated using =

Correct; bash applies the integer attribute after the variable assignment.
It has been this way since arrays were introduced (well, at least as far
back as bash-3.2; that's when I stopped looking).

Chet
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