4 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index d8c2e73150..8d06660b1b 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -13362,6 +13362,7 @@ static void f_sinh(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
 
 
 static int item_compare_ic;
+static bool item_compare_numeric;
 static char_u   *item_compare_func;
 static dict_T   *item_compare_selfdict;
 static int item_compare_func_err;
@@ -13384,10 +13385,18 @@ static int item_compare(const void *s1, const void *s2)
     p1 = (char_u *)"";
   if (p2 == NULL)
     p2 = (char_u *)"";
-  if (item_compare_ic)
-    res = STRICMP(p1, p2);
-  else
-    res = STRCMP(p1, p2);
+  if (!item_compare_numeric) {
+    if (item_compare_ic) {
+      res = STRICMP(p1, p2);
+    } else {
+      res = STRCMP(p1, p2);
+    }
+  } else {
+    double n1, n2;
+    n1 = strtod((char *)p1, (char **)&p1);
+    n2 = strtod((char *)p2, (char **)&p2);
+    res = n1 == n2 ? 0 : n1 > n2 ? 1 : -1;
+  }
   free(tofree1);
   free(tofree2);
   return res;
@@ -13454,6 +13463,7 @@ static void do_sort_uniq(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, bool sort)
       return;           /* short list sorts pretty quickly */
 
     item_compare_ic = FALSE;
+    item_compare_numeric = false;
     item_compare_func = NULL;
     item_compare_selfdict = NULL;
 
@@ -13471,6 +13481,15 @@ static void do_sort_uniq(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, bool sort)
           item_compare_ic = TRUE;
         else
           item_compare_func = get_tv_string(&argvars[1]);
+        if (item_compare_func != NULL) {
+          if (STRCMP(item_compare_func, "n") == 0) {
+            item_compare_func = NULL;
+            item_compare_numeric = true;
+          } else if (STRCMP(item_compare_func, "i") == 0) {
+            item_compare_func = NULL;
+            item_compare_ic = TRUE;
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN) {
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test55.in b/src/nvim/testdir/test55.in
index 85a8063774..f12dc2d22f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test55.in
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test55.in
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ let l = [0, 1, 2, 3]
 :$put =string(reverse(sort(l)))
 :$put =string(sort(reverse(sort(l))))
 :$put =string(uniq(sort(l)))
+:let l=[7, 9, 18, 12, 22, 10.0e-16, -1, 0xff, 0, -0, 0.22, 'foo', 'FOOBAR',{}, []]
+:$put =string(sort(copy(l), 'n'))
+:$put =string(sort(copy(l), 1))
+:$put =string(sort(copy(l), 'i'))
+:$put =string(sort(copy(l)))
 :"
 :" splitting a string to a List
 :$put =string(split('  aa  bb '))
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test55.ok b/src/nvim/testdir/test55.ok
index be476e8e93..901bc94066 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test55.ok
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test55.ok
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ caught a:000[3]
 [[0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 2], 4, 2, 2, 1.5, 'xaaa', 'x8', 'foo6', 'foo', 'foo', 'A11', '-0']
 ['-0', 'A11', 'foo', 'foo', 'foo6', 'x8', 'xaaa', 1.5, 2, 2, 4, [0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 2]]
 ['-0', 'A11', 'foo', 'foo6', 'x8', 'xaaa', 1.5, 2, 4, [0, 1, 2]]
+[-1, 0, 0, 'foo', 'FOOBAR', {}, [], 1.0e-15, 0.22, 7, 9, 12, 18, 22, 255]
+['foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
+['foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
+['FOOBAR', 'foo', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
 ['aa', 'bb']
 ['aa', 'bb']
 ['', 'aa', 'bb', '']
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index fc0b85fde9..f96e557dd8 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   344,
   343,
   //342 NA
-  //341,
+  341,
   //340 NA
   339,
   338,