Re: =alias

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> What I think would be useful though is if equals expansion worked for
> autoloaded functions, expanding to the full name of the file holding the
> function. 

I don't think that would be a big improvement on having aliases expanded;
you don't want to execute the filename produced.

> Or if that would cause problems, some sort of similar way such
> as an option to functions or autoload?

Or maybe an addition to zsh/parameter.

I suppose we ought to think about moving the zsh/parameter parameters into
namespaces, when we have namespaces.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070


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