Re: It is possible to remove the readonly attribute from {BASH, SHELL}OPTS

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/20/24 4:11 AM, Martin D Kealey wrote:

> So yes please, I'd like "local" to push a new variable definition that 
> inherits nothing from any outer one: not name-ref, not read-only, not array 
> (of any kind), not assignment modifiers (integer, upper-case, lower-case), 
> and above all, not any previous values.

You're in luck.


> Ideally each function invocation would have its own variable namespace, 
> only using the global namespace as a fall-back, but that creates 
> complications with exported variables, so let's take baby steps to get there.

That doesn't work with dynamic scoping at all.

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