On Friday 13 August 2004 23:41, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> I would have preferred that this optimization was hidden within
> rc.subr(8), making it easier for us to modify the optimization
> mechanism without modifying or breaking various third party
> scripts.

But the point here was to minimize overhead, so still having to read an extra 
file doesn't entirely cut it.

This is essentially transparent to "third party" scripts, and they do not 
constitute the bulk of the stuff that's usually run anyway.