undefined functions

undefined functions

[db]

suppose i have two autoloaded functions f and g, and f calls g.
if i use f without using g first, g is certainly called but 

  function g

gives 

  g is undefined

is this a bug?

thanks very much

- db

Re: undefined functions

[Bart Schaefer]

On May 30, 10:51pm, db@psych.utoronto.ca wrote:
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} suppose i have two autoloaded functions f and g
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}   function g
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} gives 
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}   g is undefined
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} is this a bug?

There's no command named `function' in zsh.  There's a keyword, which
introduces a function definition, e.g.:

    zsh% function g {
    function> echo Hi there, I am g
    function> }
    zsh% g
    Hi there, I am g

No command that I know of in zsh has ever printed "<name> is undefined".
In 3.0.8, you might see:

   zsh% functions g
   undefined g () { }

Note that's `functions' with an `s'.  In recent 3.1/4.0 you should see:

   zsh% functions g
   g () {
   	# undefined
	builtin autoload -X
    }

I can only conclude that `function' is a local alias or external script on
your machine, and consequently I don't know whether this is a bug or not.

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