patch 8.0.0312: failure when a channel receives a split json message commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/88989cc381c764978f7d7c8e387f3efc21333b4b Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Feb 6 21:56:09 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0312: failure when a channel receives a split json message Problem: When a json message arrives in pieces, the start is dropped and the decoding fails. Solution: Do not drop the start when it is still needed. (Kay Zheng) Add a test. Reset the timeout when something is received.

"Test for benchmarking the RE engine

so small.vim
if !has("reltime") | finish | endif
func! Measure(file, pattern, arg)
	for re in range(3)
	    let sstart=reltime()
	    let cmd=printf("../vim -u NONE -N --cmd ':set re=%d'".
		\ " -c 'call search(\"%s\", \"\", \"\", 10000)' -c ':q!' %s", re, escape(a:pattern, '\\'), empty(a:arg) ? '' : a:arg)
	    call system(cmd. ' '. a:file)
	    $put =printf('file: %s, re: %d, time: %s', a:file, re, reltimestr(reltime(sstart)))
	endfor
endfunc