On 2024-02-23 11:40, Roman Perepelitsa wrote:

> % alias X='echo howdy'; Y() { X }
>> zsh: defining function based on alias `Y'
>> zsh: parse error near `()'
> Can you reproduce this by running the command within `zsh -f`? Recall
> that `zsh -f` gives you a blank state: zsh with no rc files sourced.
No error:

0 /aRay 0 % zsh -f
b6-12-Deb11b#  alias X='echo howdy'; Y () { X }
b6-12-Deb11b#

... nuts, I wonder if I've presumed a 'rule' that isn't a rule at all, 
just some artifact of my configuration?  I'm in the mood to let sleeping 
dogs lie, but still ...

And then there's this and I probably don't want to know:

0 /aRay 0 % zsh -f
b6-12-Deb11b#  alias X='echo howdy'; Y () { X }
b6-12-Deb11b# Y
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Server is already active for display 0
     If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
     and start again.
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
      at http://wiki.x.org
  for help.
(EE)
b6-12-Deb11b#

... I don't want to know.  It is not given to morals to understand what 
X does.