# HG changeset patch
# User Franz Glasner <fzglas.hg@dom66.de>
# Date 1724952327 -7200
# Node ID d67efd0a34b544bca55ba2b2859444c4e7ec27b9
# Parent  6403f9166b20df2a89d2f34846d7c8fc8829c618
Implement a new array_new() that deletes an eventually existing array first -- if any

diff -r 6403f9166b20 -r d67efd0a34b5 share/local-bsdtools/array.sh
--- a/share/local-bsdtools/array.sh	Thu Aug 29 19:24:21 2024 +0200
+++ b/share/local-bsdtools/array.sh	Thu Aug 29 19:25:27 2024 +0200
@@ -75,6 +75,25 @@
 
 
 #:
+#: Create or re-create a new array.
+#:
+#: Args:
+#:   $1 (str): The name of the array.
+#:             Must conform to shell variable naming conventions
+#:   $2... (optional): Optional initialization values
+#:
+#: If the array exists already it will be reinitialized completely.
+#: If the array does not exist already it is just like `array_create`.
+#: It is just a convenience function for calling `array_destroy`, ignoring
+#: errors eventually, and calling `array_create`.
+#:
+array_new() {
+    array_destroy $1 || true
+    array_create "$@"
+}
+
+
+#:
 #: Get the length of an array
 #:
 #: Args: