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Subject: Re: Show file modes in octal
In-Reply-To: <0FSN0077NMZH7B@la-la.cambridgesiliconradio.com> from Peter Stephenson
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To: Peter Stephenson <pws@cambridgesiliconradio.com>
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From: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>

Peter Stephenson wrote:
>% zmodload stat
>zsh: failed to load module: zsh/stat
>
>I didn't ask it to, and the stat module in the current directory is the
>real one.  How is it finding the alias?

The alias is implemented as a dependency.  Dependencies are still handled
statically; I've been considering ways to keep dependency information
in the module file, but not actually tried anything out yet.

Yes, it's confusing.

-zefram