$ /usr/local/bin/ksh -c 'readonly v=1; export v'
/usr/local/bin/ksh: export: v: is read only
Every POSIX shell (even zsh, as of 5.8) allows this. So did ksh,
until the referenced commit.
src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/typeset.c: setall():
- Allow setting attributes on a readonly variable if any of
NV_ASSIGN (== NV_NOFREE), NV_EXPORT or NV_RDONLY are the only
flag bits that are set. This allows readonly, export, typeset -r,
typeset -x, and typeset -rx on variable arguments without an
assignment. Note that NV_ASSIGN is set for the first variable
argument even though it is not an assignment, so we must allow
it. The logic (or lack thereof) of that is yet to be worked out.
src/cmd/ksh93/tests/readonly.sh:
- Tests.
Resolves: https://github.com/ksh93/ksh/issues/258
Ksh currently restricts readonly scalar variables from having their
values directly changed via a value assignment. However, since ksh
allows variable attributes to be altered, the variable's value can
be indirectly altered. For instance, if TMOUT=900 (for a 15 minute
idle timeout) was set to readonly, all that is needed to alter the
value of TMOUT from 900 to 0 is to issue 'typeset -R1 TMOUT',
perhaps followed by a 'typeset -i TMOUT' to turn off the shell's
timeout value.
In addition, there are problems with arrays. The following is
incorrectly allowed:
typeset -a arr=((a b c) 1)
readonly arr
arr[0][1]=d
arr=(alphas=(a b c);name=x)
readonly arr.alphas
arr.alphas[1]=([b]=5)
arr=(alphas=(a b c);name=x)
readonly arr.alphas
arr.alphas[1]=(b)
typeset -C arr=(typeset -r -a alphas=(a b c);name=x)
arr.alphas[1]=()
src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/typeset.c: setall():
- Relocate readonly attribute check higher up the code and widen
its application to issue an error message if the pre-existing
name-pair has the readonly bit flag set.
- To avoid compatibility problems, don't check for readonly if
NV_RDONLY is the only attribute set (ignoring NV_NOFREE). This
allows 'readonly foo; readonly foo' to keep working.
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/array.c: nv_endsubscript():
- Apply a readonly flag check when an array subscript or append
assignment occurs, but allow type variables (typeset -T) as they
utilize '-r' for 'required' sub-variables.
src/cmd/ksh93/tests/readonly.sh:
- New file. Create readonly tests that validate the warning message
and validate that the readonly variable did not change.
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/streval.c:
- Bump MAXLEVEL from 9 to 1024 as a workaround for arithmetic
expansion, avoiding a spurious error about too much recursion
when the readonly.sh tests are run. This change is backported
from ksh 93v-.
TODO: debug a spurious increase in arithmetic recursion level
variable when readonly.sh tests with 'typeset -i' are run.
That is a different bug for a different commit.
Co-authored-by: Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>
