errors and warnings / names / E1037

E1037 error

Hoisted declaration used at load time before its definition has executed

area: names (x1xxx)
fails the build: yes
in plain Lua files: reported as W1037

A top-level function, class or enum of a module is used while the file loads, before the line that defines it has run. They are hoisted, so other functions can refer to them in any order, but the value is still nil until its definition executes. Move the definition above the load-time use, or move the use into code that runs later.

Example

× failswowlua

export const VERSION = 1print(describe())function describe(): string    return "v" .. VERSIONend

✓ compileswowlua

export const VERSION = 1function describe(): string    return "v" .. VERSIONendprint(describe())

The compiler reports it like this:

error[E1037]: `describe` is used before its definition runs (hoisted functions are `nil` until then)
  ┌─ src/main.wowlua:2:7
  │
2 │ print(describe())
  │       ^^^^^^^^ here

code	message
E1014	Import or usage cycle containing a load-time edge (run-time-only cycles are allowed)
W1034	Name read at load time but only defined at run time

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terminal

$ wowlua explain E1037
E1037 (error): Hoisted declaration used at load time before its definition has executed

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