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

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/16/24 12:14 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:

Let's say we take the approach of restricting attribute changes on readonly
variables to export/trace/local.

Should it be an error to attempt to set other attributes (it already is
with nameref), or should declare silently ignore it?

I think an error (probably just the usual sh_readonly one) would be good.

I agree.


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