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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with user function
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:34:20 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7ackN9h6PbSx9vmmdLzKaBqdKun1=mW4m-PidzBa+4Qxw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c363ce8d-97a1-48ff-93db-035bf7bfcd01@eastlink.ca>

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:26 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> % alias X='echo howdy'; Y() { X }
> zsh: defining function based on alias `Y'

Aside from the "not a valid test" thing, note that it said "based on
alias `Y'" but the alias you tried to create was for X.

There must already be an "alias Y=..." (for some "...") at the time
you ran this.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-23 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-23 17:49 Duke Normandin
2024-02-23 18:16 ` Ray Andrews
2024-02-23 18:31   ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-02-23 18:36     ` Bart Schaefer
2024-02-23 19:26     ` Ray Andrews
2024-02-23 19:40       ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-02-23 19:59         ` Ray Andrews
2024-02-23 20:05           ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-02-23 20:27           ` Bart Schaefer
2024-02-23 20:34       ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2024-02-23 20:46         ` Ray Andrews
2024-02-23 18:32   ` Bart Schaefer
2024-02-23 18:52     ` Ray Andrews
2024-02-23 18:30 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-02-23 18:35   ` Duke Normandin
2024-02-23 18:50     ` Duke Normandin
2024-02-23 18:52     ` Roman Perepelitsa
2024-02-23 18:56       ` Duke Normandin
2024-02-23 19:00         ` Roman Perepelitsa

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