Re: nameref and referenced variable scope, setting other attributes (was "local -g" declaration references local var in enclosing scope)

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/19/24 11:50 AM, Mike Jonkmans wrote:

> > Yes. There is one thing missing: the transformation should expand to a
> > `declare' command when applied to a local variable at the current scope,
> > even if there are no attributes to be displayed. Agreed?
> >
> > I am less convinced about outputting a `-g' for a global variable when
> > called from a function scope, but I could be persuaded.
>
> This would be logical.
> Forgot the use case, but it was about a year ago that I needed this.

The former, the latter, or both?

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