Re: Bash ini builtin implementation feedback

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/6/21 12:05 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 7/2/21 10:11 AM, Jesse Hathaway wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:15 AM Jesse Hathaway <jesse@mbuki-mvuki.org> wrote:
> > >   SHELL_VAR *sec_var = find_or_make_array_variable(sec_var_name, vflags);
> > >   if (!sec_var) {
> > >     builtin_error("Could not make %s", sec_var_name);
> > >     free(sec_var_name);
> > >     return 0;
> > >   }
> >
> > Chet, is there a way to make this a local variable if the builtin is called
> > inside of a function, similar to the way `declare` works?
>
> You can  use make_local_array_variable if variable_context > 0. It takes
> flags prefixed by MKLOC_, which appear in variables.h, but none of them
> should affect your use.

Probably make_local_assoc_variable for your use case.

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