runtime(doc): mention alternative check for vim9script
Commit:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/de4b244bfc16941c642e882e0e13e98bd49134c4
Author: Konfekt <konf...@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed Mar 5 21:03:21 2025 +0100
runtime(doc): mention alternative check for vim9script
Vim9 syntax changed before Vim 9 leading to errors thrown if checked for
availability of Vim9script in Vim Version 8.2 such as
This check seems to work as well and throws less errors on Vim 8.2 such
as on Ubuntu 22.04
closes: #16783
Signed-off-by: Konfekt <konf...@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
index 5ea4ebe58..3addea856 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*vim9.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jan 21
+*vim9.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 05
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -1921,6 +1921,10 @@ There is one way to use both legacy and Vim9 syntax in
one script file: >
This allows for writing a script that takes advantage of the Vim9 script
syntax if possible, but will also work on a Vim version without it.
+Note that Vim9 syntax changed before Vim 9 so that scripts using the current
+syntax (such as "import from" instead of "import") might throw errors.
+To prevent these, a safer check could be for |v:version| >= 900 instead.
+
This can only work in two ways:
1. The "if" statement evaluates to false, the commands up to `endif` are
skipped and `vim9script` is then the first command actually executed.
@@ -2435,4 +2439,4 @@ support for classes in Vim is then a problem.
- vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
+ vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:nofen:
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