Re: Feature request: Add "import" built-in.

[Greg Wooledge]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 01:36:38PM +0200, Tim Friske wrote:
> I currently emulate the behavior I seek for with the following function:
> 
> function _import {
>   local -r file="$1"
>   set -- "${@:2}"
>   source "$file" "$@"
> }

How is this different from source, exactly?  You're passing all of the
same arguments.  Your function is identical to:

_import() {
    source "$@"
}