vim-patch:8.1.1723: heredoc assignment has no room for new features

Problem:    Heredoc assignment has no room for new features. (FUJIWARA Takuya)
Solution:   Require the marker does not start with a lower case character.
            (closes vim/vim#4705)
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/24582007294b0db3be9669d3b583ea45fc4f19b8

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index d314e3a732..7db9386937 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ heredoc_get(exarg_T *eap, char_u *cmd)
     text_indent_len = -1;
   }
 
-  // The marker is the next word.  Default marker is "."
+  // The marker is the next word.
   if (*cmd != NUL && *cmd != '"') {
     marker = skipwhite(cmd);
     p = skiptowhite(marker);
@@ -1557,8 +1557,13 @@ heredoc_get(exarg_T *eap, char_u *cmd)
       return NULL;
     }
     *p = NUL;
+    if (islower(*marker)) {
+      EMSG(_("E221: Marker cannot start with lower case letter"));
+      return NULL;
+    }
   } else {
-    marker = (char_u *)".";
+    EMSG(_("E172: Missing marker"));
+    return NULL;
   }
 
   list_T *l = tv_list_alloc(0);