Re: Global variable modification by nameref chain

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/23/16 11:32 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> 
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu
> <mailto:chet.ramey@case.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Should the assignment work?  I'm considering changing the assignments to
>     work more like the references.
> 
> 
> I think it would be useful for the assignment to work, as that allows
> functions to take variable names as arguments without worrying about name
> collisions.  Would it also be possible to have the reference resolve the
> same way?  If not, then I suspect consistency in assignments and references
> would be preferable.

I don't like the fact that variable binding simply ignores nameref loops
and treats them the same as the variable not being found.  That's the
difference here.


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