diff runtime/doc/builtin.txt @ 27859:3cb1a109e987 v8.2.4455

patch 8.2.4455: accepting one and zero for second sort() argument is strange Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2007dd49f5cb36f944cab1cfbceb0f864e625f74 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Feb 23 13:17:47 2022 +0000 patch 8.2.4455: accepting one and zero for second sort() argument is strange Problem: Accepting one and zero for the second sort() argument is strange. Solution: Disallow using one and zero in Vim9 script.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:30:03 +0100
parents 8fc68ce4a097
children d19b7aee1925
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--- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ sin({expr})			Float	sine of {expr}
 sinh({expr})			Float	hyperbolic sine of {expr}
 slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}])  String, List or Blob
 					slice of a String, List or Blob
-sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
-				List	sort {list}, using {func} to compare
+sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]])
+				List	sort {list}, compare with {how}
 sound_clear()			none	stop playing all sounds
 sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
 				Number	play an event sound
@@ -8033,21 +8033,22 @@ slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}])			*slic
 			GetList()->slice(offset)
 
 
-sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])			*sort()* *E702*
+sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]])			*sort()* *E702*
 		Sort the items in {list} in-place.  Returns {list}.
 
 		If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
 			:let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist))
 
-<		When {func} is omitted, is empty or zero, then sort() uses the
+<		When {how} is omitted or is an string, then sort() uses the
 		string representation of each item to sort on.  Numbers sort
 		after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers.  For sorting text in the
 		current buffer use |:sort|.
 
-		When {func} is given and it is '1' or 'i' then case is
-		ignored.
-
-		When {func} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
+		When {how} is given and it is 'i' then case is ignored.
+		In legacy script, for backwards compatibility, the value one
+		can be used to ignore case.  Zero means to not ignore case.
+
+		When {how} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
 		locale is used for ordering. Implementation details: strcoll()
 		is used to compare strings. See |:language| check or set the
 		collation locale. |v:collate| can also be used to check the
@@ -8064,19 +8065,19 @@ sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])			*so
 <			['n', 'o', 'O', 'p', 'z', 'รถ'] ~
 		This does not work properly on Mac.
 
-		When {func} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
+		When {how} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
 		sorted numerical (Implementation detail: this uses the
 		strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
 		Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
 
-		When {func} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
+		When {how} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
 		sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
 		digits will be used as the number they represent.
 
-		When {func} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
+		When {how} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
 		sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float.
 
-		When {func} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
+		When {how} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
 		is called to compare items.  The function is invoked with two
 		items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
 		bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or