Re: [Help-bash] declare -i

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/10/12 9:08 AM, Bill Gradwohl wrote:

> If they work just fine on the _r_ight _h_and _s_ide, why not on the left?
> 
> The docs say this is legal, just don't mention its only legal on the RHS.

Where does the man page say it's ok to use negative subscripts when
assigning arrays?  It describes what happens in the contexts where you
can use negative subscripts to reference an array.  Are you saying that
you assume that extends to assignment?

Chet
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