Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly

[Greg Wooledge]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 04:57:42PM +0200, isabella parakiss wrote:
> The fact is, I found out this by using BASH_REMATCH, trying to use it in
> different functions without interfering with each other.

Ah!  That changes things. :)

imadev:~$ [[ x =~ y ]]
imadev:~$ declare -p BASH_REMATCH
declare -ar BASH_REMATCH='()'
imadev:~$ f() { local BASH_REMATCH; [[ y =~ z ]]; } ; f
bash: local: BASH_REMATCH: readonly variable

Chet will have to address this further.