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functions [ {+|-}UkmtTuWz ] [ -x num ] [ name ... ]
functions -c oldfn newfn
functions -M [-s] mathfn [ min [ max [ shellfn ] ] ]
functions -M [ -m pattern ... ]
functions +M [ -m ] mathfn ...
       Equivalent to typeset -f, with the exception of the -c,  -x,  -M
       and  -W  options.   For  functions  -u and functions -U, see au-
       toload, which provides additional options.

       The -x option indicates that any functions output will have each
       leading  tab for indentation, added by the shell to show syntac-
       tic structure, expanded to the given number num of spaces.   num
       can also be 0 to suppress all indentation.

       The  -W option turns on the option WARN_NESTED_VAR for the named
       function or functions only.  The option is  turned  off  at  the
       start  of nested functions (apart from anonoymous functions) un-
       less the called function also has the -W attribute.

       The -c option causes oldfn to be copied to newfn.  The  copy  is
       efficiently  handled internally by reference counting.  If oldfn
       was marked for autoload it is first loaded and if this fails the
       copy fails.  Either function may subsequently be redefined with-
       out affecting the other.  A typical idiom is that oldfn  is  the
       name of a library shell function which is then redefined to call
       newfn, thereby installing a modified version of the function.

       Use of the -M option may not be combined with any of the options
       handled by typeset -f.

       functions -M mathfn defines mathfn as the name of a mathematical
       function recognised in all forms  of  arithmetical  expressions;
       see  the  section `Arithmetic Evaluation' in zshmisc(1).  By de-
       fault mathfn may take any number of  comma-separated  arguments.
       If  min  is given, it must have exactly min args; if min and max
       are both given, it must have at least min and at most max  args.
       max may be -1 to indicate that there is no upper limit.

       By  default  the  function is implemented by a shell function of
       the same name; if shellfn is specified it gives the name of  the
       corresponding  shell function while mathfn remains the name used
       in arithmetical expressions.  The name of the function in $0  is
       mathfn  (not shellfn as would usually be the case), provided the
       option FUNCTION_ARGZERO is in effect.  The positional parameters
       in  the shell function correspond to the arguments of the mathe-
       matical function call.  The result of the last arithmetical  ex-
       pression  evaluated  inside  the shell function (even if it is a
       form that normally only returns a status) gives  the  result  of
       the mathematical function.

       If  the additional option -s is given to functions -M, the argu-
       ment to the function is a single string:  anything  between  the
       opening  and matching closing parenthesis is passed to the func-
       tion as a single argument, even if it includes commas  or  white
       space.   The minimum and maximum argument specifiers must there-
       fore be 1 if given.  An empty  argument  list  is  passed  as  a
       zero-length string.

       functions -M with no arguments lists all such user-defined func-
       tions in the same form as a definition.  With the additional op-
       tion  -m  and  a  list  of arguments, all functions whose mathfn
       matches one of the pattern arguments are listed.

       function +M removes the list of mathematical functions; with the
       additional  option  -m the arguments are treated as patterns and
       all functions whose mathfn  matches  the  pattern  are  removed.
       Note  that  the shell function implementing the behaviour is not
       removed (regardless of whether its name coincides with mathfn).

       For example, the following prints the cube of 3:

              zmath_cube() { (( $1 * $1 * $1 )) }
              functions -M cube 1 1 zmath_cube
              print $(( cube(3) ))

       The following string function takes a single argument, including
       the commas, so prints 11:

              stringfn() { (( $#1 )) }
              functions -Ms stringfn
              print $(( stringfn(foo,bar,rod) ))