Disable alias recursion (for real) (#8557)

crates/nu-command/tests/commands/alias.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use nu_test_support::fs::Stub::FileWithContentToBeTrimmed;
+use nu_test_support::playground::Playground;
 use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
 
 #[ignore = "TODO?: Aliasing parser keywords does not work anymore"]
@@ -110,3 +112,28 @@ fn alias_wont_recurse() {
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "hello world");
     assert!(actual.err.is_empty());
 }
+
+// Issue https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8246
+#[test]
+fn alias_wont_recurse2() {
+    Playground::setup("alias_wont_recurse2", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![FileWithContentToBeTrimmed(
+            "spam.nu",
+            r#"
+                def eggs [] { spam 'eggs' }
+                alias spam = spam 'spam'
+            "#,
+        )]);
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
+            r#"
+                def spam [what: string] { 'spam ' + $what };
+                source spam.nu;
+                spam
+            "#
+        ));
+
+        assert_eq!(actual.out, "spam spam");
+        assert!(actual.err.is_empty());
+    })
+}

crates/nu-parser/src/parse_keywords.rs

@@ -189,34 +189,6 @@ pub fn parse_def_predecl(
                 signature,
             };
 
-            if working_set.add_predecl(Box::new(decl)).is_some() {
-                return Some(ParseError::DuplicateCommandDef(spans[1]));
-            }
-        }
-    } else if name == b"alias" && spans.len() >= 4 {
-        let (name_expr, ..) = parse_string(working_set, spans[1], expand_aliases_denylist);
-        let name = name_expr.as_string();
-
-        if let Some(name) = name {
-            if name.contains('#')
-                || name.contains('^')
-                || name.parse::<bytesize::ByteSize>().is_ok()
-                || name.parse::<f64>().is_ok()
-            {
-                return Some(ParseError::CommandDefNotValid(spans[1]));
-            }
-
-            // The signature will get replaced by the replacement signature
-            // let mut signature = Signature::new(name.clone());
-            // signature.name = name;
-
-            // The fields get replaced during parsing
-            let decl = Alias {
-                name,
-                command: None,
-                wrapped_call: Expression::garbage(name_expr.span),
-            };
-
             if working_set.add_predecl(Box::new(decl)).is_some() {
                 return Some(ParseError::DuplicateCommandDef(spans[1]));
             }
@@ -780,19 +752,31 @@ pub fn parse_alias(
                 alias_name.to_vec()
             };
 
+            let checked_name = String::from_utf8_lossy(&alias_name).to_string();
+            if checked_name.contains('#')
+                || checked_name.contains('^')
+                || checked_name.parse::<bytesize::ByteSize>().is_ok()
+                || checked_name.parse::<f64>().is_ok()
+            {
+                return (
+                    Pipeline::from_vec(vec![garbage(name_span)]),
+                    Some(ParseError::AliasNotValid(name_span)),
+                );
+            }
+
             if let Some(mod_name) = module_name {
-                if alias_name == mod_name {
+                if checked_name.as_bytes() == mod_name {
                     return (
                         alias_pipeline,
                         Some(ParseError::NamedAsModule(
                             "alias".to_string(),
-                            String::from_utf8_lossy(&alias_name).to_string(),
+                            checked_name,
                             spans[split_id],
                         )),
                     );
                 }
 
-                if &alias_name == b"main" {
+                if checked_name == "main" {
                     return (
                         alias_pipeline,
                         Some(ParseError::ExportMainAliasNotAllowed(spans[split_id])),
@@ -804,13 +788,6 @@ pub fn parse_alias(
 
             let replacement_spans = &spans[(split_id + 2)..];
 
-            // Temporarily hide the alias itself to prevent recursion
-            let predecl_id = working_set
-                .delta
-                .last_scope_frame_mut()
-                .predecls
-                .remove(&alias_name);
-
             let (expr, err) = parse_call(
                 working_set,
                 replacement_spans,
@@ -819,14 +796,6 @@ pub fn parse_alias(
                 false, // TODO: Should this be set properly???
             );
 
-            if let Some(id) = predecl_id {
-                working_set
-                    .delta
-                    .last_scope_frame_mut()
-                    .predecls
-                    .insert(alias_name.to_vec(), id);
-            }
-
             if let Some(e) = err {
                 if let ParseError::MissingPositional(..) = e {
                     // ignore missing required positional
@@ -875,28 +844,13 @@ pub fn parse_alias(
                 }
             };
 
-            if let Some(decl_id) = working_set.find_predecl(&alias_name) {
+            let decl = Alias {
-                let alias_decl = working_set.get_decl_mut(decl_id);
+                name: checked_name,
-
-                let alias = Alias {
-                    name: String::from_utf8_lossy(&alias_name).to_string(),
                 command,
                 wrapped_call,
             };
 
-                *alias_decl = Box::new(alias);
+            working_set.add_decl(Box::new(decl));
-            } else {
-                return (
-                    garbage_pipeline(spans),
-                    Some(ParseError::InternalError(
-                        "Predeclaration failed to add declaration".into(),
-                        spans[split_id],
-                    )),
-                );
-            }
-
-            // It's OK if it returns None: The decl was already merged in previous parse pass.
-            working_set.merge_predecl(&alias_name);
         }
 
         let err = if spans.len() < 4 {