patch 8.0.1377: cannot call a dict function in autoloaded dict commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6e65d594aa33be11f6074f26e9ff81b52504c62b Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Dec 7 22:11:27 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.1377: cannot call a dict function in autoloaded dict Problem: Cannot call a dict function in autoloaded dict. Solution: Call get_lval() passing the read-only flag.

let g:loaded_foo_vim += 1

let foo#bar = {}

func foo#bar.echo()
  let g:called_foo_bar_echo += 1
endfunc