From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <990202013046.ZM2584@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:30:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: <199902020804.JAA08469@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> Comments: In reply to Sven Wischnowsky "Bug with associative arrays(?)" (Feb 2, 9:04am) References: <199902020804.JAA08469@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Sven Wischnowsky , zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk Subject: Re: Bug with associative arrays(?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailing-List: 5165 On Feb 2, 9:04am, Sven Wischnowsky wrote: } Subject: Bug with associative arrays(?) } } Try this: } } % foo=(a b) } % echo $foo } a b } % foo=bar } % echo $foo } bar } % typeset -A foo } % foo[a]=1 } % foo[b]=2 } % echo $foo } 1 2 } % foo=bar } % echo $foo } 1 2 # Oops? } % echo ${(kv)foo} } a 1 b 2 # Yes, really. } } ...or is this the intended behavior? If so, why? I can't get this to happen to me. (Cute cut'n'paste trick follows.) zagzig[66] Src/zsh -f zagzig% x=' % foo=(a b) quote> % echo $foo quote> a b quote> % foo=bar quote> % echo $foo quote> bar quote> % typeset -A foo quote> % foo[a]=1 quote> % foo[b]=2 quote> % echo $foo quote> 1 2 quote> % foo=bar quote> % echo $foo quote> 1 2 # Oops? quote> % echo ${(kv)foo} quote> a 1 b 2 # Yes, really. quote> ' zagzig% x=("${(@f)x}") zagzig% print -l ${${(M)x:#??%*}##*%} foo=(a b) echo $foo foo=bar echo $foo typeset -A foo foo[a]=1 foo[b]=2 echo $foo foo=bar echo $foo echo ${(kv)foo} zagzig% eval "$( !! )" a b bar 1 2 bar bar zagzig% -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com