Re: inconsistency with "readonly" and scope

[Maarten Billemont]

On 15 Apr 2012, at 03:21, Chet Ramey wrote:
> 
> If I declare a variable readonly at global scope, I wouldn't expect it
> to be overridden by some local namespace pollution.

I think that's fine; in the local context, your variable has a different 
meaning; it's another variable with the same name.  

Outside of the local scope, the original readonly variable remains unmodified.