1 files changed, 9 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua b/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
index 04b4363e42..62c99ce082 100644
--- a/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
@@ -259,8 +259,12 @@ put('version')
 fixdict(1 + #version)
 for _, item in ipairs(version) do
   -- NB: all items are mandatory. But any error will be less confusing
-  -- with placholder vim.NIL (than invalid mpack data)
-  put(item[1], item[2] or vim.NIL)
+  -- with placeholder vim.NIL (than invalid mpack data)
+  local val = item[2]
+  if val == nil then
+    val = vim.NIL
+  end
+  put(item[1], val)
 end
 put('build', version_build)
 
@@ -716,23 +720,6 @@ end
 -- start building lua output
 output = assert(io.open(lua_c_bindings_outputf, 'wb'))
 
-output:write([[
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-
-#include "nvim/ex_docmd.h"
-#include "nvim/ex_getln.h"
-#include "nvim/func_attr.h"
-#include "nvim/globals.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/dispatch.h"
-#include "nvim/lua/converter.h"
-#include "nvim/lua/executor.h"
-#include "nvim/memory.h"
-
-]])
 include_headers(output, headers)
 output:write('\n')
 
@@ -913,7 +900,7 @@ exit_0:
       write_shifted_output(string.format(
         [[
     if (lua_gettop(lstate) == 0) {
-      nlua_push_%s(lstate, %sret, true);
+      nlua_push_%s(lstate, %sret, kNluaPushSpecial | kNluaPushFreeRefs);
     }
       ]],
         return_type,
@@ -927,10 +914,10 @@ exit_0:
     else
       local special = (fn.since ~= nil and fn.since < 11)
       write_shifted_output(
-        '    nlua_push_%s(lstate, %sret, %s);\n',
+        '    nlua_push_%s(lstate, %sret, %s | kNluaPushFreeRefs);\n',
         return_type,
         ret_mode,
-        tostring(special)
+        special and 'kNluaPushSpecial' or '0'
       )
     end
 
@@ -975,8 +962,6 @@ end
 output:write(string.format(
   [[
 void nlua_add_api_functions(lua_State *lstate)
-  REAL_FATTR_NONNULL_ALL;
-void nlua_add_api_functions(lua_State *lstate)
 {
   lua_createtable(lstate, 0, %u);
 ]],