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

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/4/10 10:38 AM, Clark J. Wang wrote:

> Function definitions are not simple commands. Actually, func definition
> syntax is listed under the *Compound Commands* section in bash2.05b's man
> page and in bash3+ it's been moved to a separate section.

While technically true, that doesn't enter into the issue.  At the time
a word is read, the parser can't tell whether or not it introduces a
simple command or function definition.  Posix, for instance, explicitly
notes that alias expansion is performed before examining any grammar rules,
and certainly without performing any lookahead.  I probably cribbed the
"simple command" language from Posix, which doesn't allow reserved words,
which introduce compound commands, to be aliased.

Chet
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