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Function names prefixed with "%"

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From: Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Function names prefixed with "%"
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 20:14:36 -0500
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/27806>
List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>

It seems that it's completely valid to declare a function with a leading percent, but it's not able to be called due to be interpreted as job control.

$ %paste() { echo hi }

$ declare -f '%paste'
%paste () {
echo hi
}

$ %paste
fg: job not found: paste

Is there any way around this behavior? I've found that this can be worked around with aliases...

alias '%p=%paste'

But I expect there are other / better ways.

Zach Riggle

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Function names prefixed with "%"
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Function names prefixed with "%"
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