# This isn't perfect behavior, but it establishes a baseline and will provide # a way to detect behavior changes echo a1 a[0]= a[1]=; recho "${a[@]:-y}" unset a echo a2 a[1]=; recho "${a[@]:-y}" unset a echo a3 a[0]= a[1]=x; recho "${a[@]:-y}" unset a echo a4 a[0]= a[1]=x; recho ${a[@]:+y} unset a echo p1 set '' '' recho "${@:-y}" shift $# echo p2 set '' x recho "${@:-y}" shift $# echo p3 set '' x recho ${@:+y}