Problem: vim.tbl_deep_extend had an undocumented feature where arrays
(integer-indexed tables) were not merged but compared literally (used
for merging default and user config, where one list should overwrite the
other completely). Turns out this behavior was relied on in quite a
number of plugins (even though it wasn't a robust solution even for that
use case, since lists of tables (e.g., plugin specs) can be array-like
as well).
Solution: Revert the removal of this special feature. Check for
list-like (contiguous integer indices) instead, as this is closer to the
intent. Document this behavior.
Problem: Plugin authors and distribution packagers are confused about
the role of LuaJIT vs. PUC Lua.
Solution: Clarify that LuaJIT is preferred but not required (extensions
should not be assumed but checked for) and that vanilla Lua 5.1 should
be used without language extensions such as `goto`.
This patch replaces fswatch with inotifywait from inotify-toools:
https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools
fswatch takes ~1min to set up recursively for the Samba source code
directory. inotifywait needs less than a second to do the same thing.
https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch/issues/321
Also it fswatch seems to be unmaintained in the meantime.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@cryptomilk.org>
For many small/simple functions (like those found in shared.lua), the
runtime of vim.validate can far exceed the runtime of the function
itself. Add an "overload" to vim.validate that uses a simple assertion
pattern, rather than parsing a full "validation spec".
`vim.health` is not a "plugin" but part of our Lua API and the
documentation should reflect that. This also helps make the
documentation maintenance easier as it is now generated.
The optimizations that vim.iter uses for array-like tables don't require
that the source table has no holes. The only thing that needs to change
is the determination if a table is "list-like": rather than requiring
consecutive, integer keys, we can simply test for (positive) integer
keys only, and remove any holes in the original array when we make a
copy for the iterator.
Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/28484.
Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/28719.
Co-authored-by: Chris <crwebb85@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Gregory Anders <greg@gpanders.com>
Co-authored-by: Jake B <16889000+jakethedev@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Raines <jonathan.s.raines@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Yi Ming <ofseed@foxmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Zane Dufour <zane@znd4.me>
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
reverts e0d92b9cc2#28502
Problem:
`vim.ui.open()` has a `pcall()` like signature, under the assumption
that this is the Lua idiom for returning result-or-error. However, the
`result|nil, errmsg|nil` pattern:
- has precedent in:
- `io.open`
- `vim.uv` (`:help luv-error-handling`)
- has these advantages:
- Can be used with `assert()`:
```
local result, err = assert(foobar())
```
- Allows LuaLS to infer the type of `result`:
```
local result, err = foobar()
if err then
...
elseif result then
...
end
```
Solution:
- Revert to the `result|nil, errmsg|nil` pattern.
- Document the pattern in our guidelines.
Problem:
vim.iter has both `rfind()` and various `*back()` methods, which work
in "reverse" or "backwards" order. It's inconsistent to have both kinds
of names, and "back" is fairly uncommon (rust) compared to python
(rfind, rstrip, rsplit, …).
Solution:
- Remove `nthback()` and let `nth()` take a negative index.
- Because `rnth()` looks pretty obscure, and because it's intuitive
for a function named `nth()` to take negative indexes.
- Rename `xxback()` methods to `rxx()`.
- This informally groups the "list-iterator" functions under a common
`r` prefix, which helps discoverability.
- Rename `peekback()` to `pop()`, in duality with the existing `peek`.
Problem:
`vim.ui.open` unnecessarily invents a different success/failure
convention. Its return type was changed in 57adf8c6e0, so we might as
well change it to have a more conventional form.
Solution:
Change the signature to use the `pcall` convention of `status, result`.
vim.fs.root() is a function for finding a project root relative to a
buffer using one or more "root markers". This is useful for LSP and
could be useful for other "projects" designs, as well as for any plugins
which work with a "projects" concept.
Problem:
Besides being redundant with vim.iter():flatten(), `tbl_flatten` has
these problems:
- Has `tbl_` prefix but only accepts lists.
- Discards some results! Compare the following:
- iter.flatten():
```
vim.iter({1, { { a = 2 } }, { 3 } }):flatten():totable()
```
- tbl_flatten:
```
vim.tbl_flatten({1, { { a = 2 } }, { 3 } })
```
Solution:
Deprecate tbl_flatten.
Note:
iter:flatten() currently fails ("flatten() requires a list-like table")
on this code from gen_lsp.lua:
local anonym = vim.iter({ -- remove nil
anonymous_num > 1 and '' or nil,
'---@class ' .. anonymous_classname,
}):flatten():totable()
Should we enhance :flatten() to work for arrays?
Problem:
The use-case for the convenience functions vim.iter.map(),
vim.iter.filter(), vim.iter.totable() is not clear.
Solution:
Drop them for now. We can revisit after 0.10 release.
Problem:
The order of the validation performed by vim.validate() is
unpredictable.
- harder to write reliable tests.
- confusing UX because validation result might return different errors randomly.
Solution:
Iterate the input using `vim.spairs()`.
Future:
Ideally, the caller could provide an "ordered dict".
Problem:
vim.ui.open "locks up" Nvim if the spawned process does not terminate. #27986
Solution:
- Change `vim.ui.open()`:
- Do not call `wait()`.
- Return a `SystemObj`. The caller can decide if it wants to `wait()`.
- Change `gx` to `wait()` only a short time.
- Allows `gx` to show a message if the command fails, without the
risk of waiting forever.
Backslashes are valid characters in unix style paths.
Fix the conversion of backslashes to forward slashes in several `vim.fs`
functions when not on Windows. On Windows, backslashes will still be converted
to forward slashes.
- Add :h fswatch-limitations that notifies user about default inotify
limitations on linux and how to adjust them
- Check for Event queue overflow message from fswatch and refer user to
new documentation
Signed-off-by: Tomas Slusny <slusnucky@gmail.com>
