opposite of builtin is builtin

opposite of builtin is builtin

[DaviD W. Sanderson]

Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu> wrote:
> There is a `builtin' command,
...
> It might be nice to have a similar functionality for non-builtin
> functions,

Byron has suggested in mail to me that he will change "builtin" to
go through the normal process of executing the given command, except
that the normal search for a function of that name will be supressed.
This implies a path search if the given command is not a builtin.

Currently I have this in my .rcrc file to provide a front end function
for the 'ls' command which adds options I like if the output is to the
tty:
	eval (					\
	fn ls '{'				\
		'test -t 1 && * = (-FCb $*);'	\
		`{whatis ls} '$*'		\
	'}'					\
	)

If Byron changes builtin as he suggested, I will be able to use this
much more aesthetic function instead:

	fn ls {
		test -t 1 && * = (-FCb $*)
		builtin ls $*
	}

DaviD W. Sanderson (dws@cs.wisc.edu)