Berry question - load berry scripts

[forumlw06]

Hello, i am progressing my berry experience (converting rules to berry).

I have some berry code that works fine to replace a rule if i paste (and run) the berry code to the Berry Console.
However if i put the same code in a berry_rules.be file (which is loaded by autoexec.be) i get this error

BRY: failed to load '/berry_rules.be' (syntax_error - /berry_rules.be:13: 'value' undeclared (first use in this function))

This is the berry_rules.be:

#-----------ZB Bridge -----------
var value
var trigger


# ----------------------------------------------------
# DS1 - Haustür Regel
# ----------------------------------------------------
def DS1Handler(value, trigger)
	var ts=tasmota.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", tasmota.rtc()['local'])
	
	print("-###-", ts, "-----") 
	print(f"-BE- DS1Handler ({value=} / {trigger=})")
	tasmota.cmd(f'WebSend [m] script>D=16;P1={value}')
	if (value == 0)
		print ("-BE- Haustür ZU ---")
	elif (value == 1)
		print ("-BE- Haustür AUF ---")
	end
	print("-----------------------")
end

tasmota.remove_rule("DS1#Contact")
tasmota.add_rule("DS1#Contact", DS1Handler)

I got the same error without the 2 var statements at the beginning (i added them after i got the error, but no success).

Why does the code work if i cut/paste/run it in berry console without error and why do i get that syntax error if i try to load the scripts via load command?

Thanks for any insights!

Regards Rainer

[sfromis]

Doing a quick test with that function in a file, and doing a load (also from autoexec.be) did not produce any error messages. Seems to only happen after adding those comments at the top.

[sfromis]

I think that the issue is you using bad syntax for the first comment line. Using #- is a free-flow block comment spanning across lines until terminated with -#, making your first line break the code.

[forumlw06]

Thank you very much ... I remember having seen the multi line comment in berry, but just forgot that #- is the start of a multi line comment. Ugly pitfall :-(