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Re: [PATCH] posix_builtins: allow exporting a readonly

On Thu, 2019-06-20 at 19:47 +0100, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> Op 18-04-18 om 20:58 schreef Martijn Dekker:
> > 
> > POSIX_BUILTINS incorrectly prohibits exporting a readonly variable. All 
> > other POSIX shells allow this and there is nothing in the POSIX text[*] 
> > that says it's not allowed. The attached patch fixes this.
> This seems to have been forgotten about, so I'm trying again.
> 
> To recap:
> 
> $ zsh -c 'readonly foo=123; export foo'			# OK
> $ zsh --emulate sh -c 'readonly foo=123; export foo'	# BUG
> zsh:1: read-only variable: foo
> 
> I had another look at it and I think this patch (attached) should be 
> even more straightforward.

This sounds fine but I don't think there is an attachment.

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