Re: Next word of alias to alias that end with <blank> is not checked for alias

[alex xmb ratchev]

aliases are major essential part of functionality
that u cant , and speak against , all the time , is only enemish nonsense

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 2:43 AM Daniel Douglas <ormaaj@ormaaj.ga> wrote:

> > Of course, all mention of aliases should really be removed from
> > POSIX - aliases are even worse than "set -e".
>
> It should be removed because the spec is full of inaccuracies and isn't
> useful. People that know enough to define the standard properly have
> other priorities clearly. I think many of us are not inclined to follow
> the standard anyway because details of alias expansion easily force
> unacceptable constraints on the implementation that are more important
> than emulating historical shells.
>
> This is one among many examples where it makes little sense to point
> out one small difference without considering the overall design of the
> parser. There are more where this came from. I could write about alias
> bugs all day long if finding small inconsistencies is the only goal.
>
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