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Re: readonly variables
From: |
Dave Rutherford |
Subject: |
Re: readonly variables |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:24:13 -0400 (EDT) |
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > Description:
> > removing the "readonly" flag of a variable does not work!
>
> It's disallowed. Once made readonly, a variable may not be changed or
> unset.
That much makes sense. But then, what purpose does the `-n'
argument to `readonly' have? The help says:
An argument of `-n' says to remove the readonly property
from subsequent NAMEs.
If this never works, it shouldn't be described as though it did.
Dave