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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 15219:dada0b389d4f v8.1.0619
patch 8.1.0619: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/461a7fcfce3cd6414f990037e6468af3b5ccf119
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sat Dec 22 13:28:07 2018 +0100
patch 8.1.0619: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict
Problem: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict like :echo does.
(Daniel Hahler)
Solution: Be more tolerant about the expression result type.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:30:08 +0100 |
| parents | 3a99b2e6d136 |
| children | 17525ca95e1e |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -9233,7 +9233,8 @@ test_ignore_error({expr}) *test_ignor error with try/catch cannot be used (because it skips over following code). {expr} is used literally, not as a pattern. - There is currently no way to revert this. + When the {expr} is the string "RESET" then the list of ignored + errors is made empty. test_null_channel() *test_null_channel()* Return a Channel that is null. Only useful for testing. @@ -10999,8 +11000,8 @@ 7. Commands *expression-commands* The parsing works slightly different from |:echo|, more like |:execute|. All the expressions are first evaluated and concatenated before echoing anything. - The expressions must evaluate to a Number or String, a - Dictionary or List causes an error. + If expressions does not evaluate to a Number or + String, string() is used to turn it into a string. Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command. Example: > :echomsg "It's a Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz, as you can plainly see." @@ -11011,7 +11012,7 @@ 7. Commands *expression-commands* message in the |message-history|. When used in a script or function the line number will be added. Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the - :echo command. When used inside a try conditional, + |:echomsg| command. When used inside a try conditional, the message is raised as an error exception instead (see |try-echoerr|). Example: >