problem with loaded function

From: Pasha Murat (murat@cdfsga.fnal.gov)
Date: Sun Sep 28 1997 - 19:22:07 MEST 

	Hi, new week has not started yet but I've gotten a new confusion:

	I've stolen the example ellipse.C from ROOT tutorials, cut it
	and put on it jacket of function:
----------------------------------------- test.cxx
display_cot() {
   gROOT->Reset();
   c1 = new TCanvas("c1");
   c1->Range(0,0,1,1);
   TPaveLabel pel(0.1,0.8,0.9,0.95,"Examples of Ellipses");
   pel.SetFillColor(42);
   pel.Draw();
}
----------------------------------------------

	Could anybody explain why after

root [0] .L test.cxx
root [1] display_cot()

	only an empty canvas appears on the screen?  The equivalent (for 
naive user) macro
----------------------------------------- test.C
{
   gROOT->Reset();
   c1 = new TCanvas("c1");
   c1->Range(0,0,1,1);
   TPaveLabel pel(0.1,0.8,0.9,0.95,"Examples of Ellipses");
   pel.SetFillColor(42);
   pel.Draw();
}
----------------------------------------------
	executed via command

root [2] .x test.C

	draws also a label (what naive user would expect)

					Thanks a lot, pasha

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