On Jul 1, 1:38 pm, Taylor Hedberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Vim scripts are composed of ex commands. Functions are expressions, not > ex commands, so they can't be used "bare" in a script; that is, they > must be "wrapped" in a proper command. > > Not a valid Vimscript statement: > > foo() > > Valid: > > call foo() > > :call is just an ex command that essentially just invokes the given > function and ignores its result. This is useful when you just care about > the side effects of a function but not the value it returns (if any). > > Plenty of other commands can call functions as well, and all are valid > as statements in a script. The only restriction is that you can't invoke > a function by itself, without some kind of command that wraps it. > Another simple example is :echo, which evaluates its argument (which may > be a function) and prints the result. > > Hopefully that clears things up a little.
thanks for the help everyone. i think i got it. taylor, your explanation did clear it up. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
