commit 45311b5274a6ac6e44235dfd4588c6b1bf0d4850
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Tue Aug 13 22:27:32 2019 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Tue Aug 13 22:27:32 2019 +0200
tree 6a4e242e2c509cb3931d7ac8684b7384f69f223c
parent f077db24230d10ef9a66ae14da34b639464d8fa2

patch 8.1.1844: buffer no longer unloaded when adding text properties

Problem:    Buffer no longer unloaded when adding text properties to it.
Solution:   Do not create the memfile. (closes #4808)

src/testdir/test_textprop.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_textprop.vim b/src/testdir/test_textprop.vim
index d7e77f9..3d3cce8 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_textprop.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_textprop.vim
@@ -823,3 +823,25 @@
   bwipe! x
   close
 endfunc
+
+func Test_textprop_in_unloaded_buf()
+  edit Xaaa
+  call setline(1, 'aaa')
+  write
+  edit Xbbb
+  call setline(1, 'bbb')
+  write
+  let bnr = bufnr('')
+  edit Xaaa
+
+  call prop_type_add('ErrorMsg', #{highlight:'ErrorMsg'})
+  call assert_fails("call prop_add(1, 1, #{end_lnum: 1, endcol: 2, type: 'ErrorMsg', bufnr: bnr})", 'E275:')
+  exe 'buf ' .. bnr
+  call assert_equal('bbb', getline(1))
+  call assert_equal(0, prop_list(1)->len())
+
+  bwipe! Xaaa
+  bwipe! Xbbb
+  cal delete('Xaaa')
+  cal delete('Xbbb')
+endfunc

src/textprop.c

diff --git a/src/textprop.c b/src/textprop.c
index a976414..309f3cb 100644
--- a/src/textprop.c
+++ b/src/textprop.c
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@
     }
 
     if (buf->b_ml.ml_mfp == NULL)
-	ml_open(buf);
+    {
+	emsg(_("E275: Cannot add text property to unloaded buffer"));
+	return;
+    }
 
     for (lnum = start_lnum; lnum <= end_lnum; ++lnum)
     {

src/version.c

diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 5741d5f..f998c52 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1844,
+/**/
     1843,
 /**/
     1842,