Re: test -v for array does not work as documented

From	pepa65 <solusos@passchier.net>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: test -v for array does not work as documented
Date	2020-02-21 15:31 +0700
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On 21/02/2020 02.37, Chet Ramey wrote:
> It's unset because it doesn't have a value, but it retains the `local'
> attribute so it stays local if subsequently assigned one.

Is there any reason the local attribute cannot be unset? If it would be
possible then the "declare/typeset -p" would return 1 when the variable
doesn't exist.

By the way, it seems that `local -p var` doesn't work like 'declare -p
var` even though `help local` suggests it should.

Peter

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