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temp env allows variables that look like array subscripts

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  temp env allows variables that look like array subscripts Grisha Levit <grishalevit@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 16:51 -0400

#14353 — temp env allows variables that look like array subscripts

Usually, an assignment preceding a command that would create a
variable with an invalid name is rejected and treated like a command
name:

$ 1=X :
bash: 1=X: command not found

But when the variable name looks (sort of) like an array subscript
assignment, it is accepted and an oddly named variable is created:

$ f() { declare -p ${!var*}; }; var[0]=X var[@]=Y f
declare -x var[0]="X"
declare -x var[@]="Y"

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