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

[Mike Jonkmans]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 02:24:34PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> 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?

I can also agree to the former.

My use case was with needing the '-g'.

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Regards, Mike Jonkmans