#!/usr/bin/env miaou-bash

# declare -a normal
# declare -n ref1=normal
# ref1+=(5)
# ref1+=(9)
# ref1+=(10)
# declare -p normal
# declare -p ref1
# for i in "${ref1[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done

function array_new {
  ref_name="$1"
  shift
  [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((++nested_count)) || nested_count=1
  nested_name="_nested_$nested_count"
  declare -ga "$nested_name"
  declare -gn "$ref_name"="$nested_name"
  declare -n internal="$nested_name"
  internal+=("$@")
}

function array_inspect {
  declare -n ref="$1"
  echo "array '$1' contains ${#ref[@]} elements"
  for i in "${ref[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done
  echo -----
}

array_new mine1 'toto est fluo' 0
array_inspect mine1
mine1+=("B C D" "E")
array_inspect mine1