Re: Parameter transformation `@A` on array member

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:47:16 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.shells.bash.bugs
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 3/15/26 8:19 AM, A4-Tacks wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.3
> Patch Level: 9
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       For the array member `${x[1]@A}`, the output indicates that the member is an array
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       $ x=(a b)
>       $ echo "${x[1]@A}"
>       declare -a x='b'
>       $ # Expect like `declare x[1]='b'`

This should probably be an error.

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