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Re: local functions

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: local functions
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:01:17 -0800
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/28592>
In-reply-to: <62a2b6f4-9b30-1f6e-0aba-47d76dde8be6@eastlink.ca>
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References: <62a2b6f4-9b30-1f6e-0aba-47d76dde8be6@eastlink.ca>

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 10:20 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I see nothing to indicate it is possible, but can we make a helper
> function 'local'?

No.

> Putting
> 'local' in front of a function definition seems not to be an error, but
> it seems to make no difference.

You have most likely just redefined "local" as a function.  Try again
with "setopt NO_MULTI_FUNC_DEF".

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