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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/func.yo b/Doc/Zsh/func.yo index 847381c8d..c2462b7dd 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/func.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/func.yo @@ -74,6 +74,29 @@ and any subsequent calls. Without tt(KSH_AUTOLOAD) set, it will produce the initialization message on the first call, and the other message on the second and subsequent calls. +It is also possible to create a function that is not marked autoloaded, +yet loads its own definition by searching tt(fpath): `tt(autoload -X)', +when called from within a shell function tt(myfunc), is equivalent to: + +example(unfunction myfunc +autoload myfunc +myfunc "$@") + +In fact, the tt(functions) command outputs `tt(builtin autoload -X)' as +the body of an autoloaded function. A true autoloaded function can be +identifed by the presence of the comment `tt(# undefined)' in the body, +because all comments are discarded from defined functions. This is done +so that + +example(eval "$(functions)") + +produces a reasonable result. + +To load the definition of an autoloaded function tt(myfunc) without +executing tt(myfunc), use: + +example(autoload +X myfunc) + sect(Special Functions) The following functions, if defined, have special meaning to the shell: |