Re: [bug-gawk] typeof() array subscripts

[Andrew J. Schorr]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 01:52:46PM +0200, Hermann Peifer wrote:
> Do I also see it right that typeof()'s "untyped" actually means "untyped
> scalar" whereas the debugger's "untyped variable" is a different animal, as
> it can turn into an array?

That appears to be the case:

bash-4.2$ gawk 'BEGIN {print typeof(x)}'
untyped
bash-4.2$ gawk 'BEGIN {print typeof(x); x[1] = 3; print typeof(x)}'
untyped
gawk: cmd. line:1: fatal: attempt to use scalar `x' as an array

It seems that the act of passing 'x' to typeof is instantiating it
as a scalar.  The act of inspecting it changes the result, unfortunately.

Regards,
Andy