patch 8.2.2339: cannot get the type of a value as a string
Problem: Cannot get the type of a value as a string.
Solution: Add typename().
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index d31ba2d..76c5548 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -3016,7 +3016,8 @@
trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]])
String trim characters in {mask} from {text}
trunc({expr}) Float truncate Float {expr}
-type({name}) Number type of variable {name}
+type({expr}) Number type of value {expr}
+typename({expr}) String representation of the type of {expr}
undofile({name}) String undo file name for {name}
undotree() List undo file tree
uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
@@ -11129,6 +11130,14 @@
< Can also be used as a |method|: >
mylist->type()
+
+typename({expr}) *typename()*
+ Return a string representation of the type of {expr}.
+ Example: >
+ echo typename([1, 2, 3])
+ list<number>
+
+
undofile({name}) *undofile()*
Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file
with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir'