From 0a3d615b1ca17cda978b89d66acef39b90ee7c81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deforde <7503504+deforde@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 22:06:23 +0200
Subject: fix(api): nvim_eval_statusline should validate input #18347

Fix #18112

Make an exception for strings starting with "%!".
---
 test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'test/functional/api')

diff --git a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
index f39aa2f20b..ba170ba8c5 100644
--- a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
@@ -3044,6 +3044,10 @@ describe('API', function()
       eq('fillchar must be a single character',
          pcall_err(meths.eval_statusline, '', { fillchar = 1 }))
     end)
+    it('rejects invalid string', function()
+      eq('E539: Illegal character <}>',
+         pcall_err(meths.eval_statusline, '%{%}', {}))
+    end)
     describe('highlight parsing', function()
       it('works', function()
         eq({
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