CINT funny error

Dear ROOTers,

please find a small script attached, which generates a strange error. Here is the output I got:

[vmarouss_at_Ezhik-HDX18 PlayROOT]$ root

• *
• W E L C O M E to R O O T *
• *
• Version 5.25/03 1 October 2009 *
• *
• You are welcome to visit our Web site *
• http://root.cern.ch *
• *

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ROOT 5.25/03 (trunk_at_30887, Oct 27 2009, 19:20:52 on linuxx8664gcc)

CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.17.00, Dec 21, 2008 Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements. Enclose multiple statements between { }. root [0] .x split.C
Error: non class,struct,union object $gPad used with . or -> split.C:8: *** Interpreter error recovered ***
root [1]

Regards,

Vassili