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patch 8.2.3704: Vim9: cannot use a list declaration in a :def function Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ab36e6ae7b87b0295fb19270e4339a734875c6b1 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Nov 30 16:14:49 2021 +0000 patch 8.2.3704: Vim9: cannot use a list declaration in a :def function Problem: Vim9: cannot use a list declaration in a :def function. Solution: Make it work.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:15:03 +0100
parents bb2175e5ccee
children 80b555c4aed0
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@@ -420,12 +420,11 @@ similar to how a function argument can b
 To ignore any remaining items: >
 	[a, b; _] = longList
 
-<							*E1092*
 Declaring more than one variable at a time, using the unpack notation, is
-currently not supported: >
-	var [v1, v2] = GetValues()  # Error!
-That is because the type needs to be inferred from the list item type, which
-isn't that easy.
+possible.  Each variable can have a type or infer it from the value: >
+	var [v1: number, v2] = GetValues()
+Use this only when there is a list with values, declaring one variable per
+line is much easier to read and change later.
 
 
 Constants ~