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From: arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: Re: Bash suggestion
Message-ID: <195@audfax.audiofax.com>
Date: 16 Jan 90 19:30:48 GMT
References: <9001140222.AA18573@drivax.dri> <1990Jan15.001453.17288@NCoast.ORG> <1990Jan15.001820.17413@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1990Jan15.001820.17413@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>Oops.  csh syntax.  "set history_control[0]=major history_control[1]=minor"?
>Maybe ksh-style arrays need to be upgraded to support a "set multiple" feature
>(I don't know if bash already has this or not).

If this is added, PLEASE use

	set -A foo val1 val2 ....

a la the ksh.  There is also set +A foo vall1 ... ; If I remember right,
+A does not unset the foo array first.  (set -A went into ksh at my
suggestion a while back...)
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