Re: feature request: ${@ command; } and ${* command; } funsubs to expand to all elements of the local array REPLY

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:56:50 -0400

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On 4/2/26 1:54 AM, Zachary Santer wrote:
> $ printf '%s\n' "${| REPLY=( zero one two ); }"
> zero
> $ printf '%s\n' "${@ REPLY=( zero one two ); }"
> zero
> one
> two
> $ printf '%s\n' "${* REPLY=( zero one two ); }"
> zero one two
> 
> Like the ${| command; } form, REPLY within the funsub starts life as
> an initially-unset local variable, not an initially empty indexed
> array variable. That way, REPLY can become either an indexed or
> associative array within the funsub.

Thanks for the proposal. I'll look at it for a future version.

Chet

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