Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] builtins/source: parse the -i option

[Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira]

> Or even
>
>     PATH=${BASH_SEARCH_PATH-$PATH} . file
>
> without the need to add any options to . or to source.

If you do that, you'll interfere with command search
in the sourced file. They will not be able to find the
programs that would normally be in the PATH if the
variable is overridden prior to sourcing the script.

> But maybe that too pedestrian?

I don't know about "pedestrian"
but it's certainly not equivalent
to the proposed solution.