Cannot resolve method on recursive closure variable

[DartBot]

This issue was originally filed by @chrisbu

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.

main() {
  bool blah = false;
  var myFunc = () {
    print("in myfunc");
    if (blah) {
      myFunc(); <---- this line gives an error
    }
    
  };

  myFunc();
}

See: http://try.dartlang.org/s/_zIs

1. The error is "cannot resolve method myFunc"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected to be able to refer to the closure variable by name.
Workaround is to change the
var myFunc = () {}
to myFunc() {}
as in http://try.dartlang.org/s/TXcs

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Dartboard (as at todays date)
Dart Editor 4349 (Win64)

Please provide any additional information below.
Brief discussion here: https://groups.google.com/a/dartlang.org/group/misc/browse_frm/thread/ec2854de3cd8ca3d#

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by @chrisbu

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Actually, I'm not sure if this should ever work.

eg, I wouldn't expect this to work:
var i = i;

so why should this work either?
var j = () {
  j();
};

I suspect you can close this issue.

[iposva-google]

Your analysis is correct. You cannot access the left-hand side of the variable declaration from within the initializing expression. You can recursively call a closure by naming the closure directly as in the modified example below. See: http://try.dartlang.org/s/lnss

main() {
  bool blah = true;
  var myFunc = myFunc() {
    print("in myfunc");
    if (blah) {
      blah = false;
      print("calling myFunc recursively");
      myFunc(); // <---- this line gives an error
    }
    
  };

  myFunc();
}

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