PATCH: 3.1.5 + associative arrays under ksh emulation

["Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>]

On Nov 13,  8:55pm, Timothy Writer wrote:
} Subject: Re: PATCH: 3.1.5 - sample associative array implementation
}
} In ksh93, $arrayname is a synonym for ${arrayname[0]}.  This appears to be
} true for indexed arrays _and_ associative arrays.

Index: Src/params.c
===================================================================
--- params.c	1998/11/12 09:21:35	1.8
+++ params.c	1998/11/15 20:39:19
@@ -1055,6 +1055,13 @@
 
 	switch(PM_TYPE(v->pm->flags)) {
 	case PM_HASHED:
+	    /* (!v->isarr) should be impossible unless emulating ksh */
+	    if (!v->isarr && emulation == EMULATE_KSH) {
+		s = dupstring("[0]");
+		if (getindex(&s, v) == 0)
+		    s = getstrvalue(v);
+		LASTALLOC_RETURN s;
+	    } /* else fall through */
 	case PM_ARRAY:
 	    ss = getvaluearr(v);
 	    if (v->isarr)

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