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From: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
To: =?utf-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9?= Neumann <lists@necoro.eu>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Alias named '='
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Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2017 10:29:02 +0200
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 =E2=9D=A6  8 octobre 2017 10:03 +0200, Ren=C3=A9 Neumann <lists@necoro.eu>=
=C2=A0:

> I stumbled upon the idea to define a function '=3D' to have an inline
> calculator in zsh [1].
>
> As multiplication is a normal operation, I also want 'noglob' behavior.
> There seems to be no way of defining this for a function (or is there?),
> so the only way would be to haven an alias
>    alias '=3D'=3D'noglob =3D'
>
> But this seems to not be possible, yielding 'bad assignment': The alias
> command seems to hard-parse until the first equal-sign -- even tricks like
>    alias $'\u3D'=3D'noglob =3D'
> do not work.

I am using "c" instead of "=3D", but you can use "=3D" with:

aliases[=3D]=3D'noglob =3D'
--=20
Use the "telephone test" for readability.
            - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)