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

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/23/24 8:13 AM, Robert Elz wrote:

>    | even when we claim it's local" and "unset can even mess with the poor
>    | protection afforded by 'local'".
>
> I'm guessing you mean bash's bizarre unset definition wrt locals.
> I consider that to just be a bug.  Unsetting a 'local' variable
> should be identical to unsetting a global, as that is what
> actually happens (should happen).  That there is a saved copy that
> will be restored later is irrelevant.

Same question:

Do you mean that unset can mark local variables at the same scope as unset,
that unset can remove local variables at a previous scope, or that unset in
a shell function can unset global variables?

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