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Re: `foo=1 declare -r foo' prints an error message but its exit status i


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: `foo=1 declare -r foo' prints an error message but its exit status is zero
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:45:50 -0400
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On 9/9/15 2:17 AM, ziyunfei wrote:
> $ foo=1 declare -r foo
> bash: foo: readonly variable
> $ echo $?
> 0
> $ echo $foo
> 1
> 
> Is this a bug? 

This has already been changed for the next version of bash.

Chet

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