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  Re: alias problem -- conflict found Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-07-10 14:04 -0400

#15127 — Re: alias problem -- conflict found

On 7/10/19 12:01 PM, L A Walsh wrote:

> What do you think aliases are?  They are both a simple hash substitution.

They might appear superficially similar, and they use similar internal
abstractions.

> declare -A BASH_CMDS=([ls]="/usr/bin/ls" )
> declare -A BASH_ALIASES=([ls]="/bin/ls" )

And I made them both available using array syntax, using a different
internal mechanism, but:

> Aliases are store/implemented using hashes the same as stored paths
> are.  They are effectively the same.

Which is not at all what you said initially.

This isn't ksh, using `tracked aliases' to expose hashed pathnames.

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