Re: Unset array doesn't work

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Unset array doesn't work
Date	2018-03-01 10:17 -0500
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On 3/1/18 8:26 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:34:30AM +0800, Clark Wang wrote:
>> Look at your answer to my question 6 years ago:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-04/msg00186.html
> 
> I'm supposed to remember stuff from 6 years ago?  Well crap, I'm in
> trouble then.

You should; as I said in a subsequent message in that thread, your
explanation was pretty much spot on.

> Seriously, this behavior needs to be documented.

I can add something to the existing text describing dynamic scoping.

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