From ea4127e9a7a624484f51c21e17f37c766da15da0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Björn Linse Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:45:41 +0100 Subject: lua: metatable for empty dict value --- runtime/doc/lua.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'runtime/doc/lua.txt') diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt index 9601537c8d..d1f244c76f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt @@ -717,6 +717,16 @@ vim.NIL *vim.NIL* is equivalent to a missing value: `{"foo", nil}` is the same as `{"foo"}` +vim.empty_dict() *vim.empty_dict()* + Creates a special table which will be converted to an empty + dictionary when converting lua values to vimL or API types. The + table is empty, and this property is marked using a metatable. An + empty table `{}` without this metatable will default to convert to + an array/list. + + Note: if numeric keys are added to the table, the metatable will be + ignored and the dict converted to a list/array anyway. + vim.rpcnotify({channel}, {method}[, {args}...]) *vim.rpcnotify()* Sends {event} to {channel} via |RPC| and returns immediately. If {channel} is 0, the event is broadcast to all channels. -- cgit