From 85b0dd71335c8ee6d4925be6b590cbe643edf196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Stephenson
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 18:17:51 +0100
Subject: Updates for ksh array element syntax.
Move detection of key/value pairs down into prefork().
Detect normal array assignment and [key]=val array assignemnt
separately. Mark key / value pairs with Marker and pass up flag. Deal
with marked triads specially later on.
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README | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
(limited to 'README')
diff --git a/README b/README
index e22cfc12e..73733069d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ This is also necessary in the unusual eventuality that the builtins are
to be overridden by shell functions, since reserved words take
precedence over functions.
+10) For compatilibity with other shells, the syntax
+
+array=([index]=value)
+
+can be used with both assoiative arrays and normal arrays. In the
+unlikely event that you wish to create an array with an entry
+matching a file whose name consists of one of a range of characters
+matched as a [...] expression, followed by an equal sign, followed
+by arbitrary other charaters, it is now necessary to quote the equals
+sign.
+
Incompatibilites between 5.0.7 and 5.0.8
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