> Thanks, unfortunately it seems that this patch isn't enough as it > also happens with a simpler test case: > > bash-4.0$ declare -A array > bash-4.0$ declare array[foo]=bar
That's actually a different problem, a fix for which I was thinking about before receiving your message. :-) Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/