On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 at 8:10am, Jürgen Krämer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Hari Krishna Dara wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to use the new vim7 "object-based" features and am stuck
> > with an issue in using autoload style variables. Save the below as t.vim
> > in your autoload directory and execute it (:runtime autoload/t.vim).
> >
> > let t#var = 'something'
> >
> > let s:hash = {}
> > function! s:hash.func()
> > echomsg 'from numbered function scope: '. g:t#var
> > endfunction
> >
> > echomsg 'from global scope: '. t#var
> > call s:hash.func()
> > <<<<
> >
> > you get the below output:
> >
> > from global scope: something
> > Error detected while processing function 3:
> > line 1:
> > E121: Undefined variable: t#var
> > E15: Invalid expression: 'from numbered function scope: '. t#var
> >
> > Is there something wrong that I am doing or is this a bug?
>
> inside a function you have to reference global variables with the "g:"
> prefix even if it's an autoload variable, i.e.
>
> function! s:hash.func()
> echomsg 'from numbered function scope: '. g:t#var
> endfunction
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen
Strange... according to the documentation at |autoload|, you can access
them without the g: prefix.
>>>>
This also works when reading a variable that has not been set yet: >
:let l = foo#bar#lvar
However, when the autoload script was already loaded it won't be loaded again
for an unknown variable.
<<<<
I am still thinking that it is a bug in the code or in the documentation
(or at least needs to be clarified for poor souls like me). Anyway, it
works with the g: prefix, so thanks for pointing this out.
--
Thanks,
Hari
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