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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt15
-rw-r--r--src/nvim/eval.c5
-rw-r--r--src/nvim/testdir/test_method.vim10
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index a5940a963c..b397328bc0 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1053,12 +1053,19 @@ For methods that are also available as global functions this is the same as: >
name(expr8 [, args])
There can also be methods specifically for the type of "expr8".
-"->name(" must not contain white space. There can be white space before "->"
-and after the "(".
-
-This allows for chaining, using the type that the method returns: >
+This allows for chaining, passing the value that one method returns to the
+next method: >
mylist->filter(filterexpr)->map(mapexpr)->sort()->join()
<
+ *E274*
+"->name(" must not contain white space. There can be white space before the
+"->" and after the "(", thus you can split the lines like this: >
+ mylist
+ \ ->filter(filterexpr)
+ \ ->map(mapexpr)
+ \ ->sort()
+ \ ->join()
+<
*expr9*
number
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 4f934fdc70..23a0ef8506 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -4134,6 +4134,11 @@ static int eval_method(char_u **const arg, typval_T *const rettv,
EMSG2(_(e_missingparen), name);
}
ret = FAIL;
+ } else if (ascii_iswhite((*arg)[-1])) {
+ if (verbose) {
+ EMSG(_("E274: No white space allowed before parenthesis"));
+ }
+ ret = FAIL;
} else {
ret = eval_func(arg, name, len, rettv, evaluate, &base);
}
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_method.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_method.vim
index 142b259e78..58e86131dc 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_method.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_method.vim
@@ -118,4 +118,14 @@ func Test_method_funcref()
delfunc Concat
endfunc
+func Test_method_syntax()
+ eval [1, 2, 3] ->sort( )
+ eval [1, 2, 3]
+ \ ->sort(
+ \ )
+ call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]-> sort()', 'E260:')
+ call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]->sort ()', 'E274:')
+ call assert_fails('eval [1, 2, 3]-> sort ()', 'E260:')
+endfunc
+
" vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab