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zsh -n does not detect incorrect associative array declaration
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- From: Paul Wayper <paulway@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Subject: zsh -n does not detect incorrect associative array declaration
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:14:47 +1100
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Hi there!
Sourceforge has pointed me to this list as a way to get a bug fixed in zsh.
I've discovered that an incorrect associative array declaration in zsh
isn't detected via 'zsh -n script.zsh', even though it does get flagged
when the script is executed. For example:
$ cat zsh_array.zsh
#!/usr/bin/zsh
typeset -A fn
fn=(foo_key foo_val bar_key bar_val)
printf %s\\n ${fn[foo_key]} ${fn[bar_key]}
$ cat zsh_bad_array.zsh
#!/usr/bin/zsh
typeset -A fn
fn=(foo_key foo_val bar_key)
printf %s\\n $fn[foo_key] $fn[bar_key]
$ zsh -n zsh_array.zsh && echo $?
0
$ zsh zsh_array.zsh
foo_val bar_val
# And yet:
$ zsh -n zsh_bad_array.zsh && echo $?
0
$ zsh zsh_bad_array.zsh
/tmp/zsh_bad_array.zsh:4: bad set of key/value pairs for associative array
This syntax for associative array declaration is the one documented as
correct:
http://zshwiki.org/home/scripting/array
gives the first example of associative array assignment as:
typeset -A buffer
buffer=( key1 val1 key2 val2 )
Ideally what I'd like is for zsh -n to give the same error message on an
incorrect associative array declaration as zsh gives when executing the
script.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
--
Paul Wayper -- Senior Software Maintenance Engineer -- RHCE
Red Hat -- Australia -- Canberra
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