patch 9.0.0810: readblob() returns empty when trying to read too much
Problem: readblob() returns empty when trying to read too much.
Solution: Return what is available.
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_blob.vim b/src/testdir/test_blob.vim
index 47315ab..4a957aa 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_blob.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_blob.vim
@@ -499,10 +499,17 @@
VAR br6 = readblob('Xblob', -3, 2)
call assert_equal(b[-3 : -2], br6)
+ #" reading past end of file, empty result
VAR br1e = readblob('Xblob', 10000)
call assert_equal(0z, br1e)
- VAR br2e = readblob('Xblob', -10000)
- call assert_equal(0z, br2e)
+
+ #" reading too much, result is truncated
+ VAR blong = readblob('Xblob', -1000)
+ call assert_equal(b, blong)
+ LET blong = readblob('Xblob', -10, 8)
+ call assert_equal(b, blong)
+ LET blong = readblob('Xblob', 0, 10)
+ call assert_equal(b, blong)
call delete('Xblob')
END