patch 8.2.0298: Vim9 script: cannot start command with a string constant Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0c6ceaf90389b41545d803458c4813013811c756 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Feb 22 18:36:32 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.0298: Vim9 script: cannot start command with a string constant Problem: Vim9 script: cannot start command with a string constant. Solution: Recognize expression starting with '('.

" Vim script used in test_eval.in.  Needed for script-local function.

func s:Testje()
  return "foo"
endfunc
let Bar = function('s:Testje')
$put ='s:Testje exists: ' . exists('s:Testje')
$put ='func s:Testje exists: ' . exists('*s:Testje')
$put ='Bar exists: ' . exists('Bar')
$put ='func Bar exists: ' . exists('*Bar')