Re: Syntax error in a Map/Hash initializer -- why isn't this supported?

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From	Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me>
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Subject	Re: Syntax error in a Map/Hash initializer -- why isn't this supported?
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> On Aug 10, 2020, at 6:44 PM, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> Instead of asking:
> 
> "Can bash please implement multidimensional arrays as I think they're
> nifty and would like to use them."

Some prior art:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-09/msg00061.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-11/msg00048.html

It seems that Chet has never been interested, and no one else has
stepped up to contribute.

vq

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