Re: Incorrect / Inconsistent behavior with nameref assignments in functions

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/28/20 11:28 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> 
> You've got a local variable with the same name as the global variable
> that you're attempting to pass by reference.  This will not work.
> 
> Namerefs (declare -n) in bash are *not* like uplevel commands in Tcl.
> They cause the referenced variable name to be evaluated just like any
> other variable would be, starting at the current function scope, then
> going up to the caller, and so on.

Namerefs don't change bash's dynamic variable scoping. The two conflict
and make namerefs less useful than they might be.

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