fix(gen_vimdoc.py): handle missing luajit

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/gen_vimdoc.py b/scripts/gen_vimdoc.py
index 766c420c7d..306857ca6c 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_vimdoc.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_vimdoc.py
@@ -295,14 +295,16 @@ annotation_map = {
 # or if `cond()` is callable and returns True.
 def debug_this(o, cond=True):
     name = ''
+    if cond is False:
+        return
     if not isinstance(o, str):
         try:
             name = o.nodeName
             o = o.toprettyxml(indent='  ', newl='\n')
         except Exception:
             pass
-    if ((callable(cond) and cond())
-            or (not callable(cond) and cond)
+    if (cond is True
+            or (callable(cond) and cond())
             or (not callable(cond) and cond in o)):
         raise RuntimeError('xxx: {}\n{}'.format(name, o))
 
@@ -887,7 +889,7 @@ def extract_from_xml(filename, target, width, fmt_vimhelp):
 def fmt_doxygen_xml_as_vimhelp(filename, target):
     """Entrypoint for generating Vim :help from from Doxygen XML.
 
-    Returns 3 items:
+    Returns 2 items:
       1. Vim help text for functions found in `filename`.
       2. Vim help text for deprecated functions.
     """
@@ -1094,7 +1096,11 @@ def main(config, args):
                         fn_map_full.update(fn_map)
 
         if len(sections) == 0:
-            fail(f'no sections for target: {target}')
+            if target == 'lua':
+                fail(f'no sections for target: {target} (this usually means'
+                     + ' "luajit" was not found by scripts/lua2dox_filter)')
+            else:
+                fail(f'no sections for target: {target}')
         if len(sections) > len(CONFIG[target]['section_order']):
             raise RuntimeError(
                 'found new modules "{}"; update the "section_order" map'.format(