Re: [PATCH 0/9] Add library mode to source builtin

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/5/24 11:55 PM, Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira wrote:
> > Such is the extent to which I concur that I find even -l to be irritating.
>
> Well, I don't concur at all. I think it's just the opposite.
> I think it's actually the source builtin which incorrectly
> implies that all sourced scripts are executables
> when they might actually be libraries and modules.
>
> It implies this because the source code for source prefers
> files with the executable bit set

It does not. It searches for readable files. Look at
findcmd.c:find_path_file().

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