nested array 2

test/associative.test.bash

@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@
 # declare -p ref1
 # for i in "${ref1[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done
 
-function sub {
-  [[ ! -v index ]] && index=0
-  declare -ga "$1"
-  declare -n ref2="$1"
-  ref2+=($((++index)))
-  ref2+=($((++index)))
-}
-
 function build {
-  array_name="$1"
+  ref_name="$1"
-  sub "$array_name"
+  [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((++nested_count)) || nested_count=1
-  # declare -n ref=$array_name
+  nested_name="_nested_$nested_count"
+  declare -ga "$nested_name"=\(\)
+  declare -gn "$ref_name"="$nested_name"
 }
 
 function array_inspect {
@@ -31,8 +25,6 @@ function array_inspect {
 }
 
 build mine1
-build mine2
+array_inspect mine1
-
+mine1+=("A" "B C D" "E")
-declare -n other=mine1
+array_inspect mine1
-array_inspect other
-array_inspect mine2