On 05/06/2013 10:00 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 5/3/13 5:48 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> [+cc bug-gnulib, see below for a reason]
>>
>> Minimal reproducer of the regression:
>>
>> $ cat foo.bash
>> echo "$BASH_VERSION"
>> declare -A hash
>> echo ${hash[a/b]}
>> echo $?
>>
>> $ /bin/bash foo.bash
>> 4.2.45(1)-release
>>
>> 0
>>
>> $ ~/bleeding/bin/bash foo.bash
>> 4.3.0(1)-alpha
>> foo.bash: line 3: a/b: division by 0 (error token is "b")
>> 1
>>
>> Notice that the new behaviour breaks the gnulib-tool script
>> (that's how I noticed this regression).
>
> You're just not bleeding-edge enough. :-)
>
> That problem was fixed several weeks ago as part of the ongoing cleanup
> of `invisible placeholder' variables (variables with attributes but no
> values, which are technically unset).
>
Indeed, I had forgotten to "git pull". Everything seems to work fine with
the latest 'devel' branch.
Thanks, and sorry for the noise,
Stefano
