What does the sharp (#) sign mean in a vim script function definition?

Question

So I was looking for ways to get some object oriented objects in vimcript when I found this page

So for example:

   function gnat#Make () dict
      ...
      return
   endfunction gnat#Make

What does "#" mean?
Is it related to the end of the function explicitly? (usually just one endfu[nction]

without a function name)

Thank!

+3

vexe 23 Aug 14 at 22:55

1 answer

yolenoyer · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-23T23:17:08+0000

#

intended for startup scripts. Try it :h autoload

for more information.

I don't think that function completion "explicitly" is allowed as stated in the vim help:

:endf[unction]   The end of a function definition.  Must be on a line
                 by its own, without other commands.

But it seems that when you try to put something after :endf

, even if it is not a function name, no error is thrown.