On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. It doesn't work when it is used in nested block. if 0 execute 'if 1' endif endif => E580: :endif without :if: endif -- Yukihiro Nakadaira - [email protected] -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
