bash debugging... do I need to declare the variable as an array first?

dist/cli/package.json

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/dherman/neon-rs#readme",
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@cargo-messages/android-arm-eabi": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/darwin-arm64": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/darwin-x64": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/linux-arm-gnueabihf": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/linux-x64-gnu": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/win32-arm64-msvc": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/win32-x64-msvc": "0.1.55"
+    "@cargo-messages/android-arm-eabi": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/darwin-arm64": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/darwin-x64": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/linux-arm-gnueabihf": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/linux-x64-gnu": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/win32-arm64-msvc": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/win32-x64-msvc": "0.1.56"
   }
 }

src/cli/package.json

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@neon-rs/load": "^0.0.181",
     "@neon-rs/manifest": "^0.0.5",
-    "cargo-messages": "^0.1.55",
+    "cargo-messages": "^0.1.56",
     "chalk": "^5.2.0",
     "command-line-args": "^5.2.1",
     "command-line-commands": "^3.0.2",
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@
     "temp": "^0.9.4"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@cargo-messages/android-arm-eabi": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/darwin-arm64": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/darwin-x64": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/linux-arm-gnueabihf": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/linux-x64-gnu": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/win32-arm64-msvc": "0.1.55",
-    "@cargo-messages/win32-x64-msvc": "0.1.55"
+    "@cargo-messages/android-arm-eabi": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/darwin-arm64": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/darwin-x64": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/linux-arm-gnueabihf": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/linux-x64-gnu": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/win32-arm64-msvc": "0.1.56",
+    "@cargo-messages/win32-x64-msvc": "0.1.56"
   }
 }

src/cli/update-cargo-messages.sh

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ echo '[update-cargo-messages.sh] platforms as line-separate list:'
 
 (cd ../../pkgs/cargo-messages && node ../../dist/cli list-platforms) | jq -r 'keys | join("\n")'
 
-read -a platforms <<< $( (cd ../../pkgs/cargo-messages && node ../../dist/cli list-platforms) | jq -r 'keys | join("\n")' )
+declare -a allplatforms
+read -a allplatforms <<< $( (cd ../../pkgs/cargo-messages && node ../../dist/cli list-platforms) | jq -r 'keys | join("\n")' )
 
-echo "[update-cargo-messages.sh] platforms: ${platforms[@]}"
+echo "[update-cargo-messages.sh] platforms: ${allplatforms[@]}"
 
-for platform in ${platforms[@]} ; do
+for platform in ${allplatforms[@]} ; do
   echo "[update-cargo-messages.sh] npm i --omit=optional -E -O @cargo-messages/$platform@$cargo_messages_version"
   npm i --omit=optional -E -O @cargo-messages/$platform@$cargo_messages_version || echo "❌ failed to update @cargo-messages/$platform"
 done