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Subject: [9front] Shared env in child scripts
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I find the lack of default rfork e in rc scripts irritating.
Inevitably, I end up forgetting to add an 'rfork e' to the top of my
scripts.  Is there a good reason why rc doesn't do an rfork(RFENVG);
on startup?  I understand that it allows a child script to change env
values for its parent, but is that desirable?

Even if that behavior is wanted, I would expect it to be the exception
not the rule.

Does anyone know more about this design decision?

-- KJN