[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1237) Bro script declaration ordering

[Peter Kaloroumakis (JIRA)]

Peter Kaloroumakis created BIT-1237:
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             Summary: Bro script declaration ordering
                 Key: BIT-1237
                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1237
             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
          Issue Type: Problem
          Components: Bro
    Affects Versions: 2.3
         Environment: Bro con training VM
            Reporter: Peter Kaloroumakis
            Priority: Trivial


During one of the scripting exercises I noticed odd behavior with items declared in the global scope:

############################# error.bro
not working:
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local test_var = "test_var";

function test_1()
    {
    print "test_1";
    }

print test_var;
test_1();

>>> Output:
error in ./test.bro, line 3: syntax error, at or near "test_1"


############################# working.bro
working:
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function test_1()
    {
    print "test_1";
    }

local test_var = "test_var";
print test_var;
test_1();

>>> Output:
test_var
test_1

#############################

To declare a function, bro 2.3 forced me to do it at the top of the file. On the exercise with the redef of the grid ftp size variable I noticed the same issue with redef, it required me to put the redef at the very top of the file. 

Robin asked me to open a ticket and mentioned this was low priority.



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