Re: segfault if nameref set on local variable

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/7/14, 10:21 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> Another one to do with namerefs. :-)
> 
> Looks like it's when the target of the ref is local to the same scope.
> 
> $ gdb -q -ex 'run -c "function f { typeset x; typeset -n x; x=y; }; f"' ./bash

Thanks for the report.  This is an abstraction layer violation (and a long-
lived one; it's been this way for years).  I've attached a patch for people
to play with.

Chet
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localvar-invisible.patch
Description: Source code patch