updated for version 7.0069
diff --git a/src/ex_cmds2.c b/src/ex_cmds2.c
index e4a6a2a..4dc0f0c 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds2.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds2.c
@@ -4318,7 +4318,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (psettings->do_syntax)
 	{
-	    id = syn_get_id(ppos->file_line, (long)col, 1);
+	    id = syn_get_id(ppos->file_line, col, 1, NULL);
 	    if (id > 0)
 		id = syn_get_final_id(id);
 	    else
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index a6741cf..947ed19 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -5929,28 +5929,27 @@
 
 #endif /* FEAT_CMDL_COMPL */
 
-#if defined(FEAT_EVAL) || defined(FEAT_PRINTER) || defined(PROTO)
 /*
  * Function called for expression evaluation: get syntax ID at file position.
  */
     int
-syn_get_id(lnum, col, trans)
+syn_get_id(lnum, col, trans, spellp)
     long	lnum;
-    long	col;
+    colnr_T	col;
     int		trans;	    /* remove transparancy */
+    int		*spellp;    /* return: can do spell checking */
 {
     /* When the position is not after the current position and in the same
      * line of the same buffer, need to restart parsing. */
     if (curwin->w_buffer != syn_buf
 	    || lnum != current_lnum
-	    || col < (long)current_col)
+	    || col < current_col)
 	syntax_start(curwin, lnum);
 
-    (void)get_syntax_attr((colnr_T)col, NULL);
+    (void)get_syntax_attr(col, spellp);
 
     return (trans ? current_trans_id : current_id);
 }
-#endif
 
 #if defined(FEAT_FOLDING) || defined(PROTO)
 /*