patch 9.0.2172: Vim9: compiling :defer may fail Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a185a31fc05c2dd15315cd59afc02b69aabb5893 Author: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Date: Sat Dec 16 14:36:08 2023 +0100 patch 9.0.2172: Vim9: compiling :defer may fail Problem: Vim9: compiling :defer may fail Solution: compile defer, when ctx_skip is not SKIP_YES compiling defer fails in an if statement with false condition, so check the ctx_skip value when compiling :defer fixes: #13698 closes: #13702 Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
@@ -4783,6 +4783,19 @@ def Test_multidefer_with_exception()
   v9.CheckSourceSuccess(lines)
 enddef
 
+" Test for using ":defer" inside an if statement with a false condition
+def Test_defer_skipped()
+  var lines =<< trim END
+    def Foo()
+      if false
+        defer execute('echow "hello"', "")
+      endif
+    enddef
+    defcompile
+  END
+  v9.CheckSourceSuccess(lines)
+enddef
+
 " Keep this last, it messes up highlighting.
 def Test_substitute_cmd()
   new