Calling a local function from another local funtion

[gmarco]

Hi all,

I'd like to ask why a code like this will produce exit with an error like unable to find global b():

local function a()
-- code 
 
end 
 
 
local function b()
-- code 
 
end 
 
 
local function c()
-- code 
 
b()
 
end

This because if I change my functions to local: RemGank_Validate_DB, RemGank_Check_Player, RemGank_Add_Player and RemGank_Record_Player

this doesn't work anymore:

-- code
 
local function RemGank_Record_Player(name, note)    
 
    if note == nil or note == "" then  note = default_note end
 
    RemGank_Validate_DB(name)
 
    RemGankDB[name]["name"] = name:lower()
    RemGankDB[name]["desc"] = string.sub(note,1,25) 
    RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] = GetZoneText() .. "/" .. GetSubZoneText() .. " - " .. date("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S") 
    RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] = ( RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] + 1 )   
    
    print(string_format("%s: adding %s [ %s ] [ kills: %i ] ", prgname, name, note, RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"])) 
    
end
 
local function RemGank_Validate_DB(name)
    RemGankDB[name] = RemGankDB[name] or {} 
    RemGankDB[name]["name"] = RemGankDB[name]["name"] or {}
    RemGankDB[name]["desc"] = RemGankDB[name]["desc"] or {}
    RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] = RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] or {}
    RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] = RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] or 0
end
 
-- code

If I declare them not local everything works.

I'll attach the full code if someone wants to check it.

As usual thanks in advance to everyone.