lua/stdlib: Load runtime modules on-demand

Instead of eager-loading during plugin/* sourcing, define runtime
modules such as `vim.inspect` as lazy builtins. Otherwise non-builtin
Lua modules such as `vim.inspect` would not be available during startup
(init.vim, `-c`, `--cmd`, …).

ref #6580
ref #8677

runtime/plugin/nvim.vim

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-lua vim.inspect = require("vim.inspect")

src/nvim/lua/vim.lua

@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ local function gsplit(s, sep, plain)
   end
 end
 
+local inspect = (function()
+  local f
+  return function(...)
+    if f == nil then f = require('vim.inspect') end
+    return f(...)
+  end
+end)()
+
 local function split(s,sep,plain)
   local t={} for c in gsplit(s, sep, plain) do table.insert(t,c) end
   return t
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ local module = {
   split = split,
   gsplit = gsplit,
   deepcopy = deepcopy,
+  inspect = inspect,
 }
 
 return module

test/functional/lua/utility_functions_spec.lua

@@ -169,16 +169,14 @@ end)
 
 describe("vim.inspect", function()
   it('works', function()
-    command("source runtime/plugin/nvim.vim")
     -- just make sure it basically works, it has its own test suite
     local inspect = function(t, opts)
       return meths.execute_lua('return vim.inspect(...)', { t, opts })
     end
 
     eq('2', inspect(2))
-
-    local i = inspect({ a = { b = 1 } }, { newline = '+', indent = '' })
-    eq('{+a = {+b = 1+}+}', i)
+    eq('{+a = {+b = 1+}+}',
+       inspect({ a = { b = 1 } }, { newline = '+', indent = '' }))
   end)
 end)