# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # case 1: readonly modifying local scalar variables o1() { local i1 j1 readonly i1=$1 readonly j1="1 2 3" echo "in o1 (readonly modifying local scalars):" declare -p i1 declare -p j1 } o1 "a b c" echo after o1: declare -p i1 j1 unset i1 j1 # case 2: readonly setting global scalar variables o2() { readonly i2=$1 readonly j2="1 2 3" echo "in o2 (readonly setting global scalars):" declare -p i2 declare -p j2 } o2 "a b c" echo after o2: declare -p i2 j2 unset i2 j2 # case 3: readonly modifying local variables, converting to arrays o3() { local i3 j3 readonly i3=($1) readonly j3=(1 2 3) echo "in o3 (readonly modifying locals, converting to arrays):" declare -p i3 declare -p j3 } o3 "a b c" echo after o3: declare -p i3 j3 unset i3 j3 # case 4: readonly setting global array variables o4() { readonly i4=($1) readonly j4=(1 2 3) echo "in o4 (readonly setting global array variables):" declare -p i4 declare -p j4 } o4 "a b c" echo after o4: declare -p i4 j4 unset i4 j4