commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6244a0fc29163ba1c734f92b55a89e01e6cf2a67 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Apr 14 14:09:25 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1729 Problem: The Perl interface cannot use 'print' operator for writing directly in standard IO. Solution: Add a minimal implementation of PerlIO Layer feature and try to use it for STDOUT/STDERR. (Damien)

Tests for writefile()

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:%delete _
:let f = tempname()
:call writefile(["over","written"], f, "b")
:call writefile(["hello","world"], f, "b")
:call writefile(["!", "good"], f, "a")
:call writefile(["morning"], f, "ab")
:call writefile(["", "vimmers"], f, "ab")
:bwipeout!
:$put =readfile(f)
:1 delete _
:w! test.out
:call delete(f)
:qa!
ENDTEST