On 5/27/16 1:38 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> How about removing the nameref attribute from an existing readonly
> variable? This is currently allowed but perhaps for completeness it should
> be forbidden?
For ksh93 compatibility, bash should prevent the readonly attribute from
being removed from readonly nameref variables that have a value. namerefs
that only have attributes (technically unset) can be manipulated like that.
FWIW, ksh93 prohibits namerefs with values from being set to readonly.
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