Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add import builtin

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/8/24 3:45 AM, Koichi Murase wrote:

> As an alternative option, is it possible that the `.' builtin follows
> POSIX while the `source' builtin has the extension of
> BASH_SOURCE_PATH? I don't have a particular preference here, but I'm
> just curious about if there is a reason or motivation that the
> `source' builtin should also follow POSIX.

Because `.' and `source' have always been equivalent, and it will take a
better reason than this to change that.

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