From af175bf9fab2e11ebbef126dd0efeb3ce75dedb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mykhailo Chalyi <mike@chaliy.name>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:41:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(interpreter): resolve nameref for ${!ref[@]} key
 enumeration

Closes #846
---
 crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs              |  5 +++--
 .../tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs b/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
index 915b1d26..2a2d5823 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
@@ -5897,11 +5897,12 @@ impl Interpreter {
                     result.push_str(&self.expand_array_access_part(name, index));
                 }
                 WordPart::ArrayIndices(name) => {
-                    if let Some(arr) = self.assoc_arrays.get(name) {
+                    let resolved = self.resolve_nameref(name);
+                    if let Some(arr) = self.assoc_arrays.get(resolved) {
                         let mut keys: Vec<_> = arr.keys().cloned().collect();
                         keys.sort();
                         result.push_str(&keys.join(" "));
-                    } else if let Some(arr) = self.arrays.get(name) {
+                    } else if let Some(arr) = self.arrays.get(resolved) {
                         let mut indices: Vec<_> = arr.keys().collect();
                         indices.sort();
                         let index_strs: Vec<String> =
diff --git a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
index 7d625b5a..7d3c9b1d 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
+++ b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ count_entries data
 3
 ### end
 
+### nameref_assoc_key_enumeration_string
+# Nameref key enumeration via ${!ref[@]} in string context
+show() {
+  local -n ref="$1"
+  echo "keys: ${!ref[@]}"
+  echo "values: ${ref[@]}"
+}
+declare -A m=([a]=1 [b]=2 [c]=3)
+show m
+### expect
+keys: a b c
+values: 1 2 3
+### end
+
 ### nameref_overwrite_assoc_key
 # Nameref overwrite existing key in associative array
 update() {

From 9b42d19630ce2902ea59aea15ea285fc82ff45b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mykhailo Chalyi <mike@chaliy.name>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:55:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(test): use sorted output for assoc array key
 enumeration test

Associative array key order is non-deterministic; sort output to
avoid flaky CI failures.
---
 .../tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh        | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
index 7d3c9b1d..a226f2b8 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
+++ b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/nameref-assoc.test.sh
@@ -86,14 +86,16 @@ count_entries data
 # Nameref key enumeration via ${!ref[@]} in string context
 show() {
   local -n ref="$1"
-  echo "keys: ${!ref[@]}"
-  echo "values: ${ref[@]}"
+  for k in "${!ref[@]}"; do
+    echo "${k}=${ref[$k]}"
+  done | sort
 }
 declare -A m=([a]=1 [b]=2 [c]=3)
 show m
 ### expect
-keys: a b c
-values: 1 2 3
+a=1
+b=2
+c=3
 ### end
 
 ### nameref_overwrite_assoc_key