vim-patch:8.1.0735: cannot handle binary data

Problem:    Cannot handle binary data.
Solution:   Add the Blob type. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes vim/vim#3638)
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6e5ea8d2a995b32bbc5972edc4f827b959f2702f

Nvim-specific Blob conversions are implemented in future commits.

Refactor write_blob() to use a FileDescriptor, as f_writefile() was
refactored to use one (does not apply to read_blob()).

Use var_check_lock() in f_add() for Blobs from v8.1.0897.

Add a modeline to test_blob.vim and fix some doc typos.

Include if_perl.txt's VIM::Blob() documentation. Interestingly, this
function already worked before this port, as it just returns a Blob
string literal, not an actual Blob object.

N/A patches for version.c:

vim-patch:8.1.0741: viminfo with Blob is not tested

Problem:    Viminfo with Blob is not tested.
Solution:   Extend the viminfo test.  Fix reading a blob.  Fixed storing a
            special variable value.
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8c8b8bb56c724cc1bfc3d8520eec33f2d399697c

vim-patch:8.1.1022: may use NULL pointer when out of memory

Problem:    May use NULL pointer when out of memory. (Coverity)
Solution:   Check for blob_alloc() returning NULL.
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e142a9467a7f6845a426d8db6efedf246d3c13ac

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/vim.h b/src/nvim/vim.h
index c719c064e2..d84979f6fe 100644
--- a/src/nvim/vim.h
+++ b/src/nvim/vim.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define VAR_TYPE_FLOAT      5
 #define VAR_TYPE_BOOL       6
 #define VAR_TYPE_SPECIAL    7
+#define VAR_TYPE_BLOB      10
 
 
 // values for xp_context when doing command line completion