On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 03:51:10PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 5/13/24 6:37 AM, Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira wrote: > > Passing the -i option to the source builtin > > enables isolated sourcing mode which restricts > > its search path to the directories defined by > > the BASH_SOURCE_PATH variable. This also has > > the added benefit of not touching PATH at all. > > > What do folks think about forcing an option to enable using > BASH_SOURCE_PATH? Should it be required? Is it necessary? (I personally > think it is not.) We discussed this briefly last week but without any > conclusion.
I think setting the BASH_SOURCE_PATH variable already expresses the intent to use it. There's no need for another command to enable the variable to work.
