ZyX wrote:
> Consider the following script:
>
> execute 'if 0'
> echo 'Not shown'
> else
> echo 'Shown'
> endif
>
> . If you source it you find that instead of 3 errors (“missing
> :endif”, “:else without :if”, “:endif without :if”) and two messages
> (“Not shown” and “Shown”) you will see one message (“Shown”) and no
> errors.
>
> Note that `execute 'if 0'` is explicitly forbidden in help:
>
> > Note: The executed string may be any command-line, but
> > you cannot start or end a "while", "for" or "if"
> > command. Thus this is illegal:
> > :execute 'while i > 5'
> > :execute 'echo "test" | break'
The docs are wrong, using "if" is allowed. The other two are not.
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