provider path in namespace variable notation inconsistency #9634
Description
Steps to reproduce
Try a provider path in namespace variable notation to access a file:
${filesystem::drive:pathtofile} # nothing happens
${filesystem::drive:pathtofile} = 'hello' # 'hello' is written to file
${filesystem::drive:pathtofile} # nothing happens
${drive:pathtofile} # gets file contents 'hello'Substitute a valid accessible path to a temporary file for testing. Note that using a drive requires Windows drives.
I'd expect both syntaxes to read the file, since the provider notation is able to write the file.
Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 6.2.0
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 6.2.0
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0