LINENO and BASH_LINENO

Question

So I'm not sure why this is.. I know ${LINENO} normally contains the line in the script, and BASH_LINENO goes based on input from BASH_SOURCE as an array

$ (echo hi;declare -p LINENO BASH_LINENO;echo -e "My LINENO\tis\t${LINENO}\nMy BASH_LINENO\tis\t${BASH_LINENO[@]}")
hi
declare -- LINENO="34"
declare -a BASH_LINENO=()
My LINENO   is  34
My BASH_LINENO  is

But why when I am working interactively is LINENO coming back as 30+ then incrementing every time I run echo (note like when I am saying interactive I am meaning like this is an activate shell with pty attached and fd 0, 1, and 2 being there). Can anyone explain to me why LINENO is at 33, 34, 35 etc when running multiple times?

Answer 1

This is what bash(1) says (bold mine):

LINENO

Each time this parameter is referenced, the shell substitutes a decimal number representing the current sequential line number (starting with 1) within a script or function. When not in a script or function, the value substituted is not guaranteed to be meaningful. If LINENO is unset, it loses its special properties, even if it is subsequently reset.