indirection on '$1, $2...' ?

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Is it documented that ${!1} won't give you indirection
of "$1"?  I guess I missed that, and sorta expected it
to do indirection the same as any other var, but doesn't
seem to work in 4.3.39.

Should it?  Or why shouldn't it?

tnx...
-l

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indirection on '$1, $2...' ? Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> - 2015-09-17 22:10 -0700

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