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patch 8.2.0149: maintaining a Vim9 branch separately is more work Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8a7d6542b33e5d2b352262305c3bfdb2d14e1cf8 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jan 26 15:56:19 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.0149: maintaining a Vim9 branch separately is more work Problem: Maintaining a Vim9 branch separately is more work. Solution: Merge the Vim9 script changes.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:00:05 +0100
parents 63beef1ca62c
children 51bc26d4a393
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Note: Expression evaluation can be disab
 done, the features in this document are not available.  See |+eval| and
 |no-eval-feature|.
 
+This file is about the backwards compatible Vim script.  For Vim9 script,
+which executes much faster, supports type checking and much more, see
+|vim9.txt|.
+
 1.  Variables			|variables|
     1.1 Variable types
     1.2 Function references		|Funcref|
@@ -2512,8 +2516,8 @@ haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
 					or |:tcd|
 hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
 				Number	|TRUE| if mapping to {what} exists
-histadd({history}, {item})	String	add an item to a history
-histdel({history} [, {item}])	String	remove an item from a history
+histadd({history}, {item})	Number	add an item to a history
+histdel({history} [, {item}])	Number	remove an item from a history
 histget({history} [, {index}])	String	get the item {index} from a history
 histnr({history})		Number	highest index of a history
 hlexists({name})		Number	|TRUE| if highlight group {name} exists
@@ -10894,6 +10898,9 @@ New functions can be defined.  These can
 functions.  The function executes a sequence of Ex commands.  Normal mode
 commands can be executed with the |:normal| command.
 
+This section is about the legacy functions. For the Vim9 functions, which
+execute much faster, support type checking and more, see |vim9.txt|.
+
 The function name must start with an uppercase letter, to avoid confusion with
 builtin functions.  To prevent from using the same name in different scripts
 avoid obvious, short names.  A good habit is to start the function name with