Re: Problem with user function

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2024-02-23 11:40, Roman Perepelitsa wrote:

> % alias X='echo howdy'; Y() { X }
> > zsh: defining function based on alias `Y'
> > zsh: parse error near `()'
> >       
> Can you reproduce this by running the command within `zsh -f`? Recall
> that `zsh -f` gives you a blank state: zsh with no rc files sourced.
>     
    No error:
    
    0 /aRay 0 % zsh -f
    b6-12-Deb11b#  alias X='echo howdy'; Y () { X }
    b6-12-Deb11b# 
    
    ... nuts, I wonder if I've presumed a 'rule' that isn't a rule at
    all, just some artifact of my configuration?  I'm in the mood to let
    sleeping dogs lie, but still ...
     
    And then there's this and I probably don't want to know:
    
    0 /aRay 0 % zsh -f
    b6-12-Deb11b#  alias X='echo howdy'; Y () { X }
    b6-12-Deb11b# Y
    (EE) 
    Fatal server error:
    (EE) Server is already active for display 0
        If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
        and start again.
    (EE) 
    (EE) 
    Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.x.org
     for help. 
    (EE) 
    b6-12-Deb11b# 
    
    ... I don't want to know.  It is not given to morals to understand
    what X does.