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Dear Andrew,

Thanks for the detailed reply. Interesting!

> It's not that simple. You can't blindly restart agent every time you wish
> without notifying other programs, `--reuse` is a very bad idea and there's
> no easy way to set/change an environment variable globally for an entire
> user session.

May I ask, why do you say "--reuse" is a very bad idea? I'd be 
interested to know in general, not just when considering this change.

Best wishes,

Chris.

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