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  Re: read and env variables Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2015-10-11 13:57 -0400

#11618 — Re: read and env variables

On 10/10/15 8:09 PM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> $ a= read a <<< x       # this creates a variable in the current shell
> $ declare -p a
> declare -- a="x"
> 
> $ b= mapfile b <<< x    # this doesn't
> $ declare -p b
> bash: declare: b: not found
> 
> 
> Other shells don't seem to agree on what should happen in this case, but
> it'd be nice to have a more consistent behavior.

This isn't exactly a consistent example.  The `read' example uses a scalar
variable that's found in the temporary environment, which it promotes to a
global variable, whereas the mapfile example attempts to convert a
temporary variable to an array.  If you used a consistent example, such as

	a= read -a a <<< x

you would find that the two builtins behave identically.

I will see if it's reasonable to promote a variable found in the temporary
environment to an array variable in the current scope.

Chet
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