[resolved] basic scoping / taint issue

[Tesser]

[RESOLUTION]: calling a frame while nested in functions is fine. The problem was that the frame had associated 'Secure' frames with it, and combat was temporarily locking them.

I have one giant init() function.

I Hide() a frame inside init() that was declared outside it.

Then, it seems I can never Show() that frame again, from outside that function. I want to Show() it in regards to certain combat events, etc.

Did the Hide() from within the function taint the frame to only work in that scope?

[Seerah]

No idea without seeing your code.
https://pastebin.com/

[Tesser]

first the 'Hide()' and then the 'Show()' are commented with 'xyzzy'
https://pastebin.com/Zxg2HMJk

Hide() is within the big init() function.
Show() is within an event listener for COMBAT_LOG_EVENT_UNFILTERED

so basically it's:

create frame

function
  hide frame
end

function
  show frame
end