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Why can't I access variables from the plugins definition block?
```
val foo = "foo"

plugins {
    val bar = foo // 'val foo: String' can't be called in this context by implicit receiver. Use explicit one if necessary.
}
```
If I add `this@Build_gradle.`, the error disappears from the code, but I still get an error when I try to build...

<https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/plugins.html#sec:constrained_syntax>

you can use buildSrc to declare varibales that can be used within plugins block

i think you can also access varables from gradle.properties files there

oh... ok. That's funny. I can access constants from buildSrc if they are in the root package since I don't have to import them.

i usualöly put them in something like Constants.kt and if i need to structure many constants i group whtm in objects

<@UAN39HN81> You can also access them if they are in the `org.gradle.kotlin.dsl` package. JVM takes care of importing the so-called _default_ (ie empty) package implicitly, while the gradle kotlin DSL implicitly imports all declarations in `org.gradle.kotlin.dsl`. Thats why the extensions defined in that package work outta the box.