In the latest devel this issue is fixed for the case that the local nameref
points to a non-existent variable but there is still a bug if the variable
pointed to by a local nameref already exists. In such a case, `declare'
commands after the initial `declare -n' end up modifying the value and/or
attributes of the local nameref variable itself rather than modifying the
target of the nameref.
At global scope:
unset -n ref; unset var
declare var=X; declare -n ref=var; declare ref=(Y); declare -p ref var
declare -n ref="var"
declare -a var=([0]="Y")
Whereas in a function:
unset -n ref; unset var
f() {
declare var=X; declare -n ref=var; declare ref=(Y); declare -p ref var
}; f
declare -an ref=([0]="Y")
declare -- var="X"
