Re: local -[aA] on dangling nameref

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/23/25 11:08 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:

Looks like circular namerefs might need something similar as well:

     f() {
         local -n x; local -p x
         local -A x; local -p x
         (local x=(z))
     }
     x=x f

     bash: local: x: not found
     bash: warning: x: circular name reference
     bash: warning: x: circular name reference
     declare -Anx x=()
     Segmentation fault ( local x=(z) )

Thanks for the report. I get

./x2: line 2: local: x: not found
./x2: line 3: warning: x: circular name reference
./x2: line 3: warning: x: circular name reference
declare -Ax x=()

with the latest devel branch, using interactive and non-interactive shells.

Chet
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