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Re: inconsistency with "readonly" and scope


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: inconsistency with "readonly" and scope
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:21:26 -0400
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On 4/13/12 8:50 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> 
> 
> Chet Ramey wrote:
> 
>> This is intended.  Bash doesn't allow a local copy of a variable to
>> override a readonly global one.  This can be a potential security hole,
> 
> ---
> You can look at it that way, but it also hinders modular programming.
> 
> If I declare a variable to be local, I wouldn't expect it to fail and
> be overridden by some global namespace pollution.

If I declare a variable readonly at global scope, I wouldn't expect it
to be overridden by some local namespace pollution.

> It is overridable, but not easily.

Yes, it is.


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