Re: unset does not remove functions like a[b] unless -f is specified

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/4/23 12:56 PM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
> The unset builtin, when invoked without an option, should first try to
> unset the variable (or array element) specified by its arguments, and
> then fall back to trying to remove the function definition for the
> function that has the name specified by the argument if it exists.

Thanks for the report. I agree with this if the array variable doesn't
exist. If the array variable exists, and this is simply trying to unset
an unset element, it should not attempt to unset a shell function.

This is mostly theoretical, anyway. You don't see function names like
this in real life.

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