[2923] in testers
Re: global cshrc change suggestion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu Jun 13 14:21:12 1996
To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jun 1996 14:16:22 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 14:20:26 EDT
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> set path=($HOME/$bindir $athena_path .) # Standard Athena path
> if ((! $?NOCALLS) && (-r ~/.path)) then
> source ~/.path # User-specified path
> endif
The dotfiles are the way they are because setting the path is
considered an expensive operation. What you propose would set it
twice.
Whether setting the path is actually an expensive operation these days
(when done multiple times, that is; obviously it's cheap the first
time) is open to debate, but I'd rather not abandon that design
requirement (in a way that would screw us if we wanted to go back on
it) without consideration.
