patch 8.1.1610: there is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15e248e37f3925d430f96e945d52d3dc423cdc83 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jun 30 20:21:37 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1610: there is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects Problem: There is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects. Solution: Add the bufadd() and bufload() functions.

/* auto/if_perl.c */
int perl_enabled(int verbose);
void perl_end(void);
void msg_split(char_u *s, int attr);
void perl_win_free(win_T *wp);
void perl_buf_free(buf_T *bp);
void ex_perl(exarg_T *eap);
void do_perleval(char_u *str, typval_T *rettv);
void ex_perldo(exarg_T *eap);