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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2020-02-22 18:36:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2020-02-22 18:36:32 +0100 |
| commit | 0c6ceaf90389b41545d803458c4813013811c756 (patch) | |
| tree | 885e0983a420271d5d98b58e7669252d972f8bd5 /runtime | |
| parent | 8b430b4c1df74bde757a7e5ee0ee2854fdad6472 (diff) | |
| download | vim-git-0c6ceaf90389b41545d803458c4813013811c756.tar.gz | |
patch 8.2.0298: Vim9 script: cannot start command with a string constantv8.2.0298
Problem: Vim9 script: cannot start command with a string constant.
Solution: Recognize expression starting with '('.
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/vim9.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt index c79ae62de..05c1c8e3d 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt @@ -131,21 +131,23 @@ Functions can be called without `:call`: > Using `:call` is still possible, but this is discouraged. A method call without `eval` is possible, so long as the start is an -identifier or can't be an Ex command. It does not work for string constants: > +identifier or can't be an Ex command. It does NOT work for string constants: > myList->add(123) " works g:myList->add(123) " works [1, 2, 3]->Process() " works #{a: 1, b: 2}->Process() " works {'a': 1, 'b': 2}->Process() " works "foobar"->Process() " does NOT work - eval "foobar"->Process() " works + ("foobar")->Process() " works + 'foobar'->Process() " does NOT work + ('foobar')->Process() " works In case there is ambiguity between a function name and an Ex command, use ":" to make clear you want to use the Ex command. For example, there is both the `:substitute` command and the `substitute()` function. When the line starts with `substitute(` this will use the function, prepend a colon to use the command instead: > - :substitute(pattern(replacement( + :substitute(pattern (replacement ( No curly braces expansion ~ |