Description of problem:

ksh has the -n option to do a syntax test of the script and not actually execute it.  This test does not detect and warn on incorrect associative array declaration, whereas execution of the script breaks at that point.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

93u+ 2012-08-01

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create the following scripts:
$ cat ksh_array.ksh 
#!/usr/bin/ksh

typeset -A fn
fn=([foo_key]=foo_val [bar_key]=bar_val)

printf %s\\n ${fn[foo_key]} ${fn[bar_key]}

$ cat ksh_bad_array.ksh 
#!/usr/bin/ksh

typeset -A fn
fn=([foo_key]=foo_val [bar_key])

printf %s\\n ${fn[foo_key]}

$ cat zsh_array.zsh 
#!/usr/bin/zsh

typeset -A fn
fn=(foo_key foo_val bar_key bar_val)

printf %s\\n ${fn[foo_key]} ${fn[bar_key]}

2. Test:
ksh -n ksh_array.ksh && echo result = $?
ksh ksh_array.ksh

3. Test:
ksh -n ksh_bad_array.ksh && echo result = $?
ksh ksh_bad_array.ksh

4. Test:
ksh -n zsh_array.zsh && echo result = $?
ksh zsh_array.zsh

Actual results:

2. Test passes and execution passes:
$ ksh -n ksh_array.ksh && echo result = $?
result = 0
$ ksh ksh_array.ksh
foo_val
bar_val

3. Test passes but execution fails:
$ ksh -n ksh_bad_array.ksh && echo result = $?
result = 0
$ ksh ksh_bad_array.ksh
ksh_bad_array.ksh[4]: [bar_key]: not found [No such file or directory]

4. Test passes but execution fails:
$ ksh -n zsh_array.zsh && echo result = $?
result = 0
$ ksh zsh_array.zsh
zsh_array.zsh: line 4: cannot append index array to associative array fn

Expected results:

2. Test passes and execution passes:
$ ksh -n ksh_array.ksh && echo result = $?
result = 0
$ ksh ksh_array.ksh
foo_val
bar_val

3. Test fails and execution fails:
$ ksh -n ksh_bad_array.ksh && echo result = $?
ksh_bad_array.ksh[4]: [bar_key]: not found [No such file or directory]
result = 1
$ ksh ksh_bad_array.ksh
ksh_bad_array.ksh[4]: [bar_key]: not found [No such file or directory]

4. Test fails and execution fails:
$ ksh -n zsh_array.zsh && echo result = $?
zsh_array.zsh: line 4: cannot append index array to associative array fn
result = 1
$ ksh zsh_array.zsh
zsh_array.zsh: line 4: cannot append index array to associative array fn


Additional info:

As zsh is designed to be mostly identical to ksh in execution but has a different associative array declaration syntax, ksh -n should work as a test of whether we are trying to execute a ksh or zsh shell script.