Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias

[Bernd Eggink]

Am 04.08.2010 15:13, schrieb Eric Blake:
> On 08/04/2010 05:03 AM, Marc Herbert wrote:
> > Le 04/08/2010 11:39, Clark J. Wang a écrit :
> >
> > > Seems like I must explicitly use the `function' keyword to define foo() for
> > > this scenario. Is that the correct behavior?
> >
> > The correct behaviour is simply not to use aliases, since they bring nothing
> > to the table compared to functions.
>
> Not _quite_ true - there are a few things aliases can do that functions
> cannot, and when combined, you can get some cool interactive effects
> (although I don't recommend relying on this in scripts):
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/aliases.html

Interesting article. One thing not mentioned there is declarations.

    alias assoc='declare -A '
    assoc x y z

Not particularly useful, but you can't replace that with a function (as 
long as there is no 'global' option for declare).

Bernd

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