On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM Will Allan via Bug reports for the GNU
Bourne Again SHell <bug-bash@gnu.org> wrote:
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> init_vars () { readonly string="foo" readonly int=100 readonly array=(1 2)
My understanding is that the readonly builtin isn't supposed to handle
compound assignment syntax like the declare and local builtins
do.[1][2] That it might try to anyway is likely unintended.
Your best bet is to do:
array=(1 2)
readonly array
instead of trying to combine the two. This should give you the
behavior you expect.
[1]:
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bourne-Shell-Builtins.html#index-readonly
[2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Arrays.html
