The order in which functions are processed

[Christopher McMurry <cmcmurry@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a good one for you.  This, to me, is a big example of how completely
non-intuitive EL & TS can be (I am not a neophyte programmer, either).

I've been working with the Hashnums DLL to put some code in functions in order
to visually clean up my main system.  I discovered, to my chagrin, that the
order in which a function gets processed can be BACKWARDS to what you want and
expect.

I removed all references to Hashnums and everything else in my code (they were
not the problem), and eventually I whittled it down to the essence of what was
causing the problem.  Let me give the code so that its more clear what I'm
saying:

{*********************************************************
 Testing the order in which functions are executed.
  MAIN PROGRAM
********************************************************}
vars:  x(0), y(0);

if barnumber < 5 then
 FILEAPPEND("C:\OMEGA\PROG\TEST.TXT", "Main, " + Numtostr(barnumber, 0) +
Newline);

x = CurrentContracts;
y = x[1];

value1 = testorderfunc1;
value2 = testorderfunc2;

{****************************************
 Testing the order in which functions are executed.
  FUNCTION 1
*******************************************}
VARS: x(0), y(0);

if barnumber < 5 then
 FILEAPPEND("C:\OMEGA\PROG\TEST.TXT", "Func 1, " + Numtostr(barnumber, 0) +
Newline);

x = CurrentContracts;
y = x[1];

testorderfunc1 = 1;

{****************************************
 Testing the order in which functions are executed.
  FUNCTION 2

*******************************************}
vars:  x(0), y(0);

if barnumber < 5 then
 FILEAPPEND("C:\OMEGA\PROG\TEST.TXT", "Func 2, " + Numtostr(barnumber, 0) +
Newline);

x = CurrentContracts;
y = x[1];

testorderfunc2 = 1;

=======================

That's all there is to it.  If you run this code on a chart, you will get the
following in the TEST.TXT file.  Note that the number after the comma is the
barnumber:
Func 2, 1
Func 1, 1
Main, 1
Func 2, 2
Func 1, 2
Main, 2
Func 2, 3
Func 1, 3
Main, 3
Func 2, 4
Func 1, 4
Main, 4

If you comment out all of the
    y = x[1];
lines you get the order you want and expect, which would be
Main, 1
Func 1, 1
Func 2, 1
Main, 2
Func 1, 2
Func 2, 2

Anyone have any ideas or comments on why this occurs and what can be done
about it?  Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Chris