From 06bdda4fb8aa75dcb30c06e8309b89d7557a6931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:17:32 +0000 Subject: 27178: FAQ---quoting function names to stop expansion is always(ish) safe --- Etc/FAQ.yo | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Etc') diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index a83dc252f..cac842eed 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -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. sect(Similarities with tcsh) -- cgit 1.4.1