# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
# Date 1621102503 -7200
# Node ID 9e72076e31f8e7303ed7b67c18db28fdb1b40557
# Parent  e2053e257572aded6a090e1c01e7b60ee48503fe
patch 8.2.2855: white space after "->" does not give E274

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0820f4de5872bfbdc25bf6cba6ec5646dbcec156
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date:   Sat May 15 20:06:58 2021 +0200

    patch 8.2.2855: white space after "->" does not give E274

    Problem:    White space after "->" does not give E274.
    Solution:   Do not skip white space in legacy script. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/8212)

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -5916,10 +5916,18 @@ handle_subscript(
 	}
 	else if (p[0] == '-' && p[1] == '>')
 	{
-	    *arg = skipwhite(p + 2);
+	    if (in_vim9script())
+		*arg = skipwhite(p + 2);
+	    else
+		*arg = p + 2;
 	    if (ret == OK)
 	    {
-		if ((**arg == '{' && !in_vim9script()) || **arg == '(')
+		if (VIM_ISWHITE(**arg))
+		{
+		    emsg(_(e_nowhitespace));
+		    ret = FAIL;
+		}
+		else if ((**arg == '{' && !in_vim9script()) || **arg == '(')
 		    // expr->{lambda}() or expr->(lambda)()
 		    ret = eval_lambda(arg, rettv, evalarg, verbose);
 		else
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_method.vim b/src/testdir/test_method.vim
--- a/src/testdir/test_method.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_method.vim
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ func Test_method_syntax()
   eval [1, 2, 3]  
 	\ ->sort(
 	\ )
-  eval [1, 2, 3]-> sort()
+  eval [1, 2, 3]->sort()
 
   call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]->sort ()', 'E274:')
   call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3] ->sort ()', 'E274:')
   call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]-> sort ()', 'E274:')
+  call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]-> sort()', 'E274:')
 endfunc
 
 func Test_method_lambda()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2855,
+/**/
     2854,
 /**/
     2853,