This script:
is almost certainly not what was intended.
Which is to say, the coder wanted to define a function named "hello" and then call it.
Unfortunately, the ";" at the end of "void hello()" turned that into a forward reference and a block of top-level code.
Validation:
No compile error, and, supposedly, there is a function in the namespace.
Cool, right? Not so fast.
The top level code executes - printing "hello!" - and then the supposed hello() function is called.
ASH detects - at runtime - that the (forward-referenced) function never did get defined.
Code:
void hello();
{
print("hello!");
}
hello();
print("good bye!");is almost certainly not what was intended.
Which is to say, the coder wanted to define a function named "hello" and then call it.
Unfortunately, the ";" at the end of "void hello()" turned that into a forward reference and a block of top-level code.
Validation:
Code:
> validate forward.ash
void hello( )
Script verification complete.No compile error, and, supposedly, there is a function in the namespace.
Cool, right? Not so fast.
Code:
> forward.ash
hello!
Calling undefined user function: hello (forward.ash, line 6)The top level code executes - printing "hello!" - and then the supposed hello() function is called.
ASH detects - at runtime - that the (forward-referenced) function never did get defined.