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+" Functions shared by the tests for Vim Script
+
+" Commands to track the execution path of a script
+com!		   XpathINIT  let g:Xpath = ''
+com! -nargs=1 -bar Xpath      let g:Xpath ..= <args>
+com!               XloopINIT  let g:Xloop = 1
+com! -nargs=1 -bar Xloop      let g:Xpath ..= <args> .. g:Xloop
+com!               XloopNEXT  let g:Xloop += 1
+
+" MakeScript() - Make a script file from a function.			    {{{2
+"
+" Create a script that consists of the body of the function a:funcname.
+" Replace any ":return" by a ":finish", any argument variable by a global
+" variable, and every ":call" by a ":source" for the next following argument
+" in the variable argument list.  This function is useful if similar tests are
+" to be made for a ":return" from a function call or a ":finish" in a script
+" file.
+func MakeScript(funcname, ...)
+    let script = tempname()
+    execute "redir! >" . script
+    execute "function" a:funcname
+    redir END
+    execute "edit" script
+    " Delete the "function" and the "endfunction" lines.  Do not include the
+    " word "function" in the pattern since it might be translated if LANG is
+    " set.  When MakeScript() is being debugged, this deletes also the debugging
+    " output of its line 3 and 4.
+    exec '1,/.*' . a:funcname . '(.*)/d'
+    /^\d*\s*endfunction\>/,$d
+    %s/^\d*//e
+    %s/return/finish/e
+    %s/\<a:\(\h\w*\)/g:\1/ge
+    normal gg0
+    let cnt = 0
+    while search('\<call\s*\%(\u\|s:\)\w*\s*(.*)', 'W') > 0
+	let cnt = cnt + 1
+	s/\<call\s*\%(\u\|s:\)\w*\s*(.*)/\='source ' . a:{cnt}/
+    endwhile
+    g/^\s*$/d
+    write
+    bwipeout
+    return script
+endfunc
+
+" ExecAsScript - Source a temporary script made from a function.	    {{{2
+"
+" Make a temporary script file from the function a:funcname, ":source" it, and
+" delete it afterwards.  However, if an exception is thrown the file may remain,
+" the caller should call DeleteTheScript() afterwards.
+let s:script_name = ''
+function! ExecAsScript(funcname)
+    " Make a script from the function passed as argument.
+    let s:script_name = MakeScript(a:funcname)
+
+    " Source and delete the script.
+    exec "source" s:script_name
+    call delete(s:script_name)
+    let s:script_name = ''
+endfunction
+
+function! DeleteTheScript()
+    if s:script_name
+	call delete(s:script_name)
+	let s:script_name = ''
+    endif
+endfunc
+
+com! -nargs=1 -bar ExecAsScript call ExecAsScript(<f-args>)
+