Re: inconsistency with "readonly" and scope

[Linda Walsh]

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Maarten Billemont <lhunath@lyndir.com> writes:
>
> > On 15 Apr 2012, at 03:21, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > > If I declare a variable readonly at global scope, I wouldn't expect it
> > > to be overridden by some local namespace pollution.
> > I think that's fine; in the local context, your variable has a
> > different meaning; it's another variable with the same name.
>
> If the variable is exported the local variable overrides the exported
> value.
>
> Andreas.


If the local variable is exported to be 'global', then
how is that a local variable?