From 575f24b3f3d8cd8bfc2da402c2938c0c7ace7877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:21:11 +0200
Subject: patch 8.2.1425: Vim9: cannot use call() without :call

Problem:    Vim9: cannot use call() without :call.
Solution:   Do not skip over "call(". (closes #6689)
---
 src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim | 6 ++++++
 src/version.c                  | 2 ++
 src/vim9compile.c              | 9 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
index 772b52ab9..24078f56e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ def Test_call_def_varargs()
   CheckScriptFailure(lines, 'E1013:')
 enddef
 
+def Test_call_call()
+  let l = [3, 2, 1]
+  call('reverse', [l])
+  assert_equal([1, 2, 3], l)
+enddef
+
 let s:value = ''
 
 def FuncOneDefArg(opt = 'text')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ec86fb4f5..1ab7a618c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1425,
 /**/
     1424,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 72c26ce46..53dca8057 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -6484,8 +6484,15 @@ compile_def_function(ufunc_T *ufunc, int set_return_type, cctx_T *outer_cctx)
 	cmdmod = save_cmdmod;
 
 	// Skip ":call" to get to the function name.
+	p = ea.cmd;
 	if (checkforcmd(&ea.cmd, "call", 3))
-	    ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	{
+	    if (*ea.cmd == '(')
+		// not for "call()"
+		ea.cmd = p;
+	    else
+		ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	}
 
 	if (!starts_with_colon)
 	{
-- 
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