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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-07-20 09:17:32 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-07-20 09:17:32 +0000
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27178: FAQ---quoting function names to stop expansion is always(ish) safe
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@@ -826,7 +826,9 @@ label(23)
   )
   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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