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alias -s doesn't friendly deal with programs having an extension

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From: Maddi Kopfermann <matthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh-Workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: alias -s doesn't friendly deal with programs having an extension
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:57:47 +0200
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Hi, ZSH workers,

after alias pl=perl e.g.
a program with an extension like  e.g. program.pl can no
longer be invoked without its full path.

Could the alias -s functionality be improved so that it
first looks for programs in the $PATH with extensions and
only after it does not find the invoked program THEN
use the mechanism?

        Matthias

        PS: I guess the old priority of first replacing
        aliases with what they stand for goes against this

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