commit bash-20121221 snapshot

variables.c

@@ -2601,6 +2601,23 @@ bind_variable (name, value, flags)
   return (bind_variable_internal (name, value, global_variables->table, 0, flags));
 }
 
+SHELL_VAR *
+bind_global_variable (name, value, flags)
+     const char *name;
+     char *value;
+     int flags;
+{
+  SHELL_VAR *v, *nv;
+  VAR_CONTEXT *vc, *nvc;
+  int level;
+
+  if (shell_variables == 0)
+    create_variable_tables ();
+
+  /* bind_variable_internal will handle nameref resolution in this case */
+  return (bind_variable_internal (name, value, global_variables->table, 0, flags));
+}
+
 /* Make VAR, a simple shell variable, have value VALUE.  Once assigned a
    value, variables are no longer invisible.  This is a duplicate of part
    of the internals of bind_variable.  If the variable is exported, or