annotate README_VIM9.md @ 23233:657216220293 v8.2.2162

patch 8.2.2162: Vim9: Cannot load or store autoload variables Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/03290b8444b69c6d7307755770467bc488384e1a Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Dec 19 16:30:44 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.2162: Vim9: Cannot load or store autoload variables Problem: Vim9: Cannot load or store autoload variables. Solution: Add ISN_LOADAUTO and ISN_STOREAUTO. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/7485)
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1 ![Vim Logo](https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/vimlogo.gif)
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3 # What is Vim9?
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5 This is an experimental side of [Vim](https://github.com/vim/vim).
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6 It explores ways of making Vim script faster and better.
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9 break!
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11 # Why Vim9?
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13 ## 1. FASTER VIM SCRIPT
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15 The third item on the poll results of 2018, after popup windows and text
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16 properties, is faster Vim script. So how do we do that?
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21 very fast. We're lucky if we can make it twice as fast. The overhead
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26 way:
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27 * Arguments are only available by name, not through the a: dictionary or
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28 the a:000 list.
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29 * Local variables are not available in an l: dictionary.
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30 * A few more things that slow us down, such as exception handling details.
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36 ``` vim
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37 let sum = 0
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38 for i in range(1, 2999999)
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41 ```
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43 | how | time in sec |
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45 | Vim old | 5.018541 |
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46 | Python | 0.369598 |
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47 | Lua | 0.078817 |
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50 That looks very promising! It's just one example, but it shows how much
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51 we can gain, and also that Vim script can be faster than builtin
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52 interfaces.
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55 the text. For example, reindent all the lines:
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57 ``` vim
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58 let totallen = 0
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59 for i in range(1, 100000)
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60 call setline(i, ' ' .. getline(i))
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61 let totallen += len(getline(i))
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62 endfor
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63 ```
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65 | how | time in sec |
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69 | Lua | 0.286573 |
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70 | Vim new | 0.190276 |
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72 The differences are smaller, but Vim 9 script is clearly the fastest.
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74 How does Vim9 script work? The function is first compiled into a sequence of
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76 used to store intermediate results. Local variables are also on the
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77 stack, space is reserved during compilation. This is a fairly normal
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78 way of compilation into an intermediate format, specialized for Vim,
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80 "execute Ex command", for commands that are not compiled.
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85 Attempts have been made to implement functionality with built-in script
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86 languages such as Python, Perl, Lua, Tcl and Ruby. This never gained much
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87 foothold, for various reasons.
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89 Instead of using script language support in Vim:
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91 with them. The job and channel support already makes this possible.
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92 Really any language can be used, also Java and Go, which are not
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96 interfaces.
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98 tool and implements the Vim side of the interface. Also, it can be used when
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99 an external tool is undesired.
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101 Altogether this creates a clear situation: Vim with the +eval feature
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102 will be sufficient for most plugins, while some plugins require
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103 installing a tool that can be written in any language. No confusion
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105 language is missing. This is a good long term goal.
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107 Rationale: Why is it better to run a tool separately from Vim than using a
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108 built-in interface and interpreter? Take for example something that is
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111 well maintained than the python command. Building Vim with it requires
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112 installing developer packages. If loaded dynamically there can be a version
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113 mismatch.
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114 * When running the tool externally the standard python command can be used,
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115 which is quite often available by default or can be easily installed.
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116 * The built-in interface has an API that is unique for Vim with Python. This is
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117 an extra API to learn.
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118 * A .py file can be compiled into a .pyc file and execute much faster.
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119 * Inside Vim multi-threading can cause problems, since the Vim core is single
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120 threaded. In an external tool there are no such problems.
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121 * The Vim part is written in .vim files, the Python part is in .py files, this
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124 JSON is available for this, and it's fairly easy to use. But it still
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128 ## 3. BETTER VIM SCRIPT
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129
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130 To make Vim faster a new way of defining a function needs to be added.
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132 backwards compatible anyway, we can also make Vim script easier to use.
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134 programming languages will help. No surprises.
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135
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137 "a:". No other language I know does that, so let's drop it.
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139 Taking this one step further is also dropping "s:" for script-local variables;
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140 everything at the script level is script-local by default. Since this is not
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141 backwards compatible it requires a new script style: Vim9 script!
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144 same as in Vim9 script. Thus you have legacy syntax and Vim9 syntax.
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147 script. We can add functionality to make this easier. This still needs
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148 to be discussed, but we can consider adding type checking and a simple
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149 form of classes. If you look at JavaScript for example, it has gone
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150 through these stages over time, adding real class support and now
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151 TypeScript adds type checking. But we'll have to see how much of that
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152 we actually want to include in Vim script. Ideally a conversion tool
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154 script, with only some things that cannot be converted.
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156 Vim script won't work the same as any specific language, but we can use
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157 mechanisms that are commonly known, ideally with the same syntax. One
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158 thing I have been thinking of is assignments without ":let". I often
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166 ``` vim
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167 def MyFunction(arg: number): number
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169 var todo = arg
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170 const ADD = 88
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171 while todo > 0
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173 todo -= 1
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175 return local
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176 enddef
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177 ```
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181 disadvantages:
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182 * In the sourced script, is not clear what it provides. By default all
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183 functions are global and can be used elsewhere.
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185 from what sourced script. Finding the implementation is a hassle.
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189 make this much better. For example, in script "myfunction.vim" define a
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192 ``` vim
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193 vim9script " Vim9 script syntax used here
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195 var local = 'local variable is not exported, script-local'
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197 export def MyFunction() " exported function
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198 ...
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200 def LocalFunction() " not exported, script-local
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202 ```
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206 ``` vim
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210 ```
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215 These are ideas, this will take time to design, discuss and implement.
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219 ## Code for sum time measurements
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221 Vim was build with -O2.
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223 ``` vim
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224 func VimOld()
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225 let sum = 0
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226 for i in range(1, 2999999)
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228 endfor
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229 return sum
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230 endfunc
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232 func Python()
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233 py3 << END
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237 END
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239 endfunc
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242 lua << END
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243 sum = 0
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249 endfunc
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256 return sum
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257 enddef
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259 let start = reltime()
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260 echo VimOld()
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261 echo 'Vim old: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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263 let start = reltime()
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264 echo Python()
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265 echo 'Python: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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267 let start = reltime()
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268 echo Lua()
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269 echo 'Lua: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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271 let start = reltime()
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272 echo VimNew()
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273 echo 'Vim new: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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274 ```
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275
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276 ## Code for indent time measurements
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277
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278 ``` vim
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279 def VimNew(): number
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280 var totallen = 0
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281 for i in range(1, 100000)
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282 setline(i, ' ' .. getline(i))
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283 totallen += len(getline(i))
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284 endfor
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285 return totallen
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286 enddef
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287
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288 func VimOld()
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289 let totallen = 0
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290 for i in range(1, 100000)
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291 call setline(i, ' ' .. getline(i))
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292 let totallen += len(getline(i))
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293 endfor
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294 return totallen
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295 endfunc
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297 func Lua()
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298 lua << END
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299 b = vim.buffer()
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300 totallen = 0
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301 for i = 1, 100000 do
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302 b[i] = " " .. b[i]
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303 totallen = totallen + string.len(b[i])
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304 end
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305 END
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306 return luaeval('totallen')
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307 endfunc
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309 func Python()
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310 py3 << END
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311 cb = vim.current.buffer
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312 totallen = 0
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313 for i in range(0, 100000):
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314 cb[i] = ' ' + cb[i]
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316 END
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317 return py3eval('totallen')
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318 endfunc
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320 new
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321 call setline(1, range(100000))
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322 let start = reltime()
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323 echo VimOld()
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324 echo 'Vim old: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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325 bwipe!
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328 call setline(1, range(100000))
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329 let start = reltime()
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330 echo Python()
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331 echo 'Python: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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332 bwipe!
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335 call setline(1, range(100000))
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336 let start = reltime()
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337 echo Lua()
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338 echo 'Lua: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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339 bwipe!
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342 call setline(1, range(100000))
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343 let start = reltime()
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344 echo VimNew()
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345 echo 'Vim new: ' .. reltimestr(reltime(start))
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346 bwipe!
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347 ```