This seems to be the following change (from CHANGES)
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a. Using ${a[@]} or ${a[*]} with an array without any assigned elements when
the nounset option is enabled no longer throws an unbound variable error.
This mirrors the behavior of $@.
On Jan 26, 2017 4:28 PM, "L A Walsh" <[email protected]> wrote:
If I set bash to complain about uninitialized variables
w/-u, I get inconsistent, and seemingly incorrect behavior:
echo $BASH_VERSION
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4.4.5(1)-release
> set -u
> echo ${undefvar}
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bash: undefvar: unbound variable
> echo ${undefvar[@]}
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# no message about unbound var
> echo ${undefvar}
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bash: undefvar: unbound variable # -u is still in effect
