Re: Bug#537596: regression: parse error near `()' in function definition

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

You're right, it's not absolutely guaranteed to be safe.

Index: Etc/FAQ.yo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Etc/FAQ.yo,v
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diff -u -r1.48 FAQ.yo
--- Etc/FAQ.yo	20 Jul 2009 09:02:41 -0000	1.48
+++ Etc/FAQ.yo	20 Jul 2009 09:15:07 -0000
@@ -826,7 +826,9 @@
   )
   Adding the quotes has no effect on the function definition, but
   suppresses alias expansion for the function name.  Hence this is
-  guaranteed to be safe.
+  guaranteed to be safe---unless you are in the habit of defining
+  aliases for expressions such as tt('l'), which is valid, but probably
+  confusing.
 
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