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/src/testdir/test_messages.vim b/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
index de14b81..0a7f3f5 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-" Tests for :messages
+" Tests for :messages, :echomsg, :echoerr
function Test_messages()
let oldmore = &more
@@ -64,3 +64,31 @@
call feedkeys(":message \<C-A>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'tx')
call assert_equal('"message clear', @:)
endfunc
+
+func Test_echomsg()
+ call assert_equal("\nhello", execute(':echomsg "hello"'))
+ call assert_equal("\n", execute(':echomsg ""'))
+ call assert_equal("\n12345", execute(':echomsg 12345'))
+ call assert_equal("\n[]", execute(':echomsg []'))
+ call assert_equal("\n[1, 2, 3]", execute(':echomsg [1, 2, 3]'))
+ call assert_equal("\n{}", execute(':echomsg {}'))
+ call assert_equal("\n{'a': 1, 'b': 2}", execute(':echomsg {"a": 1, "b": 2}'))
+ if has('float')
+ call assert_equal("\n1.23", execute(':echomsg 1.23'))
+ endif
+ call assert_match("function('<lambda>\\d*')", execute(':echomsg {-> 1234}'))
+endfunc
+
+func Test_echoerr()
+ call test_ignore_error('IgNoRe')
+ call assert_equal("\nIgNoRe hello", execute(':echoerr "IgNoRe hello"'))
+ call assert_equal("\n12345 IgNoRe", execute(':echoerr 12345 "IgNoRe"'))
+ call assert_equal("\n[1, 2, 'IgNoRe']", execute(':echoerr [1, 2, "IgNoRe"]'))
+ call assert_equal("\n{'IgNoRe': 2, 'a': 1}", execute(':echoerr {"a": 1, "IgNoRe": 2}'))
+ if has('float')
+ call assert_equal("\n1.23 IgNoRe", execute(':echoerr 1.23 "IgNoRe"'))
+ endif
+ call test_ignore_error('<lambda>')
+ call assert_match("function('<lambda>\\d*')", execute(':echoerr {-> 1234}'))
+ call test_ignore_error('RESET')
+endfunc