patch 8.1.1775: error message may be empty in filetype test commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eee9f65b2a213e9031f172d9d3b22adad6cb985d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Jul 29 21:14:42 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1775: error message may be empty in filetype test Problem: Error message may be empty in filetype test. Solution: Use v:exception instead. (Daniel Hahler, closs https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4744)

" 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')