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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