[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#691886: Bug#691886: zsh: ". file" in .zshenv gets arguments from the original script

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Vincent,

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Consider a script "script1" containing only the following line:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env zsh
> 
> and a script "script2" containing:
> 
> echo Args: "$@"
> 
> The .zshenv file contains:
> 
> . ~/script2
> . ~/script2 blah
> 
> I get the following:
> 
> xvii% ./script1 ab cd ef
> Args: ab cd ef
> Args: blah

Looks as expected for me.

> The first line shouldn't show any argument because an empty list of
> positional parameters was provided in the ". ~/script2" line!

I think that's wrong.

Sourced scripts are no subshells and hence inherit all variables from
the script which sources it, including but not limited to $@, $*, $0,
$1, $2, etc. And I'm sure there are tons of scripts which rely on this
feature.

The second sourcing of script2 just overrides $@ and friends.

		Regards, Axel
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