# a collection of cases in bug reports after bash-5.0-alpha was released declare -n r=v[0] v=(X); r=Y declare -p ${!v*} printf "%s: <%s>\n" "r" "$r" "v" "$v" unset -n r unset -v v declare -n ref=var; declare -a ref ref=(X) declare -p ref var unset -n ref unset -v var f() { declare -n ref=var; declare ref=(X); declare -p ref var; }; f unset -f f f() { declare -n ref=var; declare -g ref=(X); declare -p ref var; }; declare -n ref=foo f echo outside: declare -p foo unset -n ref unset -v foo unset -f f f() { declare -n ref=var; declare -a ref; ref=(X); declare -p ref var; } f echo outside: declare -p ref var unset -f f f() { declare -n ref=var; declare ref; ref=X; declare -p ref var; } f echo outside: declare -p ref var unset -f f unset -n ref; unset var f() { declare var=X; declare -n ref=var; declare ref=(Y) declare -p ref var } f unset -f f declare -n ref=var f() { local ref=Y; declare -p ref var; local; } var=X f unset -v var f unset -n ref unset -f f