API: return non-generic VimL errors

- Return VimL errors instead of generic errors for:
  - nvim_call_function
  - nvim_call_dict_function
- Fix tests which were silently broken before this change.

This violates #6150 where we agreed not to translate API errors.  But
that can be fixed later.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/eval/match_functions_spec.lua b/test/functional/eval/match_functions_spec.lua
index 7989b22b5e..0ec465a34c 100644
--- a/test/functional/eval/match_functions_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/eval/match_functions_spec.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ local clear = helpers.clear
 local funcs = helpers.funcs
 local command = helpers.command
 local exc_exec = helpers.exc_exec
+local expect_err = helpers.expect_err
 
 before_each(clear)
 
@@ -40,9 +41,11 @@ describe('setmatches()', function()
   end)
 
   it('fails with -1 if highlight group is not defined', function()
-    eq(-1, funcs.setmatches({{group=1, pattern=2, id=3, priority=4}}))
+    expect_err('E28: No such highlight group name: 1', funcs.setmatches,
+               {{group=1, pattern=2, id=3, priority=4}})
     eq({}, funcs.getmatches())
-    eq(-1, funcs.setmatches({{group=1, pos1={2}, pos2={6}, id=3, priority=4, conceal=5}}))
+    expect_err('E28: No such highlight group name: 1', funcs.setmatches,
+               {{group=1, pos1={2}, pos2={6}, id=3, priority=4, conceal=5}})
     eq({}, funcs.getmatches())
   end)
 end)