Re: BASH_SOURCE gets confused when multiple sources are a priori candidates

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/18/17 8:06 AM, Bruno Vasselle wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 12
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     When a function looks like it is defined in multiple sources,
>     BASH_SOURCE does not reliably report it has defined
>     where it was actually defined. It seems to prefer the
>     last source bash has visited.

Not quite. The file:line information is saved when the function definition
is parsed, not when the function definition command is executed.  This goes
all the way back to when the debugging helper code came into bash. I'll
take a look at changing it.

Chet

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