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

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/13/24 12:41 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 14:10 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu 
> <mailto:chet.ramey@case.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Well, is this a "my arm hurts when I do this" problem, or should bash
>     restrict the types of attributes that can be set on readonly variables?
>
>
> For the attributes that only affect future assignments ([iluc]), I think 
> think it makes sense to either (a) restrict the ability to change these 
> attributes on readonly variables or (b) make internal assignments that 
> force new values on readonly variables ignore such attributes.

Let's say we take the approach of restricting attribute changes on readonly
variables to export/trace/local.

Should it be an error to attempt to set other attributes (it already is
with nameref), or should declare silently ignore it?

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