patch 8.1.0619: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict
Problem: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict like :echo does.
(Daniel Hahler)
Solution: Be more tolerant about the expression result type.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index f76af38..2bc27a6 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -9233,7 +9233,8 @@
error with try/catch cannot be used (because it skips over
following code).
{expr} is used literally, not as a pattern.
- There is currently no way to revert this.
+ When the {expr} is the string "RESET" then the list of ignored
+ errors is made empty.
test_null_channel() *test_null_channel()*
Return a Channel that is null. Only useful for testing.
@@ -10999,8 +11000,8 @@
The parsing works slightly different from |:echo|,
more like |:execute|. All the expressions are first
evaluated and concatenated before echoing anything.
- The expressions must evaluate to a Number or String, a
- Dictionary or List causes an error.
+ If expressions does not evaluate to a Number or
+ String, string() is used to turn it into a string.
Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command.
Example: >
:echomsg "It's a Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz, as you can plainly see."
@@ -11011,7 +11012,7 @@
message in the |message-history|. When used in a
script or function the line number will be added.
Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the
- :echo command. When used inside a try conditional,
+ |:echomsg| command. When used inside a try conditional,
the message is raised as an error exception instead
(see |try-echoerr|).
Example: >