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Re: delcare -a on a nameref in a function modifies nameref instead of target

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  Re: delcare -a on a nameref in a function modifies nameref instead of target Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-07-30 11:49 -0400

#14421 — Re: delcare -a on a nameref in a function modifies nameref instead of target

On 7/29/18 4:04 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> I think there's a related regression in the latest devel commit. Creating a
> local variable with the same name as a higher-scoped nameref pointing to an
> unset variable creates a local variable with the name of the target of the
> nameref.

I think forcing the local variable creation to only follow namerefs at
the same variable scope is the right thing to do here.

Chet

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