On Sun, 5 May 2024, at 8:11 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > On Sun, May 5, 2024, at 5:54 AM, Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira wrote: >> This patch set adds a special operating mode to the existing source >> builtin to make it behave in the desired way. When source is passed >> the options --library or -l, it will search for files in the >> directories given by the BASH_LIBRARIES_PATH environment variable, > > I think every single use of the term "library" in this whole endeavor > is misleading and misguided. It implies something unique about the > files being sourced, when in fact there is nothing special about > them at all -- they can still run arbitrary code, modify the global > namespace, etc. etc. etc. etc.
Such is the extent to which I concur that I find even -l to be irritating. -- Kerin Millar
