On 10/16/14, 4:37 PM, Geir Hauge wrote:
> Regardless though, shouldn't source <(declare -xp) work whether or not
> the environment contains invalid identifiers? It doesn't at present:
>
> $ env %=% bash -c 'echo "$BASH_VERSION"; source <(declare -xp)'
> 4.3.30(1)-release
> /dev/fd/63: line 1: declare: `%': not a valid identifier
>
> Isn't declare -p output meant to be reusable as shell input?
Yeah. Names that get imported from the environment, but which are not
valid shell identifiers, should not leak into declare -p output.
I made that change about ten days ago, and it will be in the next release
of bash. The current warning is an annoyance but otherwise doesn't
impact anything.
Chet
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