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Re: BASH_ARG{C,V} set when sourcing, even without extdebug

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On 11/10/15 1:59 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> It looks like the source builtin pushes its own argc and argv onto the arrays but only if it is called with no other arguments.

Yes, bash has always done this as a convenience.  This is a way to get the
name of the sourced file in the common case.

When given additional arguments, bash sets BASH_ARGC and BASH_ARGV only
when debugging mode is in effect.

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BASH_ARG{C,V} set when sourcing, even without extdebug Grisha Levit <grishalevit@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 22:59 -0800
  Re: BASH_ARG{C,V} set when sourcing, even without extdebug Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2015-11-10 09:31 -0500

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