# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
# Date 1597235404 -7200
# Node ID cc8188c22a47c979715cf2ac3778c3a8399862f1
# Parent  3a928a619b6733655314bed8f6184297500b7632
patch 8.2.1425: Vim9: cannot use call() without :call

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/575f24b3f3d8cd8bfc2da402c2938c0c7ace7877
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 12 14:21:11 2020 +0200

    patch 8.2.1425: Vim9: cannot use call() without :call

    Problem:    Vim9: cannot use call() without :call.
    Solution:   Do not skip over "call(". (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/6689)

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ def Test_call_def_varargs()
   CheckScriptFailure(lines, 'E1013:')
 enddef
 
+def Test_call_call()
+  let l = [3, 2, 1]
+  call('reverse', [l])
+  assert_equal([1, 2, 3], l)
+enddef
+
 let s:value = ''
 
 def FuncOneDefArg(opt = 'text')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1425,
+/**/
     1424,
 /**/
     1423,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -6484,8 +6484,15 @@ compile_def_function(ufunc_T *ufunc, int
 	cmdmod = save_cmdmod;
 
 	// Skip ":call" to get to the function name.
+	p = ea.cmd;
 	if (checkforcmd(&ea.cmd, "call", 3))
-	    ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	{
+	    if (*ea.cmd == '(')
+		// not for "call()"
+		ea.cmd = p;
+	    else
+		ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	}
 
 	if (!starts_with_colon)
 	{