On 4/11/12 2:50 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> "declare" when used in a function acts like "local", and creates a variable
> with scope local to that function. So does "declare -r". But "readonly",
> which is otherwise the same as "declare -r", creates variables with global
> scope.
>
> Is this intended?
Yes. `readonly' is part of Posix, and behaves as Posix specifies.
`declare' is not, and can do what it likes.
Chet
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