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Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias |
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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:13:05 -0600 |
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On 08/04/2010 05:03 AM, Marc Herbert wrote:
> Le 04/08/2010 11:39, Clark J. Wang a écrit :
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>> Seems like I must explicitly use the `function' keyword to define foo() for
>> this scenario. Is that the correct behavior?
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> The correct behaviour is simply not to use aliases, since they bring nothing
> to the table compared to functions.
Not _quite_ true - there are a few things aliases can do that functions
cannot, and when combined, you can get some cool interactive effects
(although I don't recommend relying on this in scripts):
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/aliases.html
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- Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Clark J. Wang, 2010/08/04
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Marc Herbert, 2010/08/04
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias,
Eric Blake <=
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Clark J. Wang, 2010/08/04
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Marc Herbert, 2010/08/05
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Clark J. Wang, 2010/08/05
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Chris F.A. Johnson, 2010/08/05
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Clark J. Wang, 2010/08/05
- Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Marc Herbert, 2010/08/06
Re: Issues when func name is the same with an alias, Bernd Eggink, 2010/08/04