Re: E117: Unknown function, dict member called as timer's handler

Ni Va wrote:

> Applying timer_start help, I would like to differ from example by calling a function declared as dict member and passing FuncName at timer_start parameter.
>
> I got that message :
>
> E117: Unknown function:
>
> -------------------THE CODE---------
>
> fu! g:messagesManager.DisplayMessage(timer) "{{{
> echo printf("%s",self.messagesBuffer[self.currentMessageIndex])
> let self.currentMessageIndex+=1
> if self.currentMessageIndex==len(self.messagesBuffer)
> let self.currentMessageIndex=0
> endif
> endfu
> "}}}
> fu! g:messagesManager.StartDisplay() "{{{
> " if has('timers') && !exists('s:timer')
> let FuncRef = function('self.DisplayMessage')
> let FuncName = string(FuncRef)
> if has('timers')
> let s:timer = timer_start(1000,
> \ FuncName, {'repeat': 10})
> else
> echo "timers not supported by your version of vim"
> endif
> endfu

Yeah, that doesn't work. Why turn the function reference into a string?
Just don't do that.

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