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Re: Special PATH variable for sourcing scripts?


From: Zachary Santer
Subject: Re: Special PATH variable for sourcing scripts?
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 22:03:55 -0400

On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira
<matheus@matheusmoreira.com> wrote:
>
> > This name would be misleading. Sourced scripts are not "libraries".
>
> Would it be OK to introduce the concept of libraries?
> Perhaps a new import mechanism could be created
> instead of reusing the scripting sourcing mechanism.
> Perhaps there is a better solution that I haven't thought of.

Instead of diving into the semantics of what counts as a "library,"
how about we just consider different variable names? BASH_SOURCE_PATH?
SOURCE_PATH?

Sourcing reusable code seems fine. How else would it work?



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