Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> Under :help has-patch, the new ยง4 says:
>
> > 4. Beyond a certain version or at a certain version and including a
> > specific
> > patch. The "patch-7.4.123" feature means that the Vim version is 7.5 or
> > later, or it is version 7.4 and patch 123 was included.
> > The example above can be simplified to: >
> > :if has("patch-6.2.148")
> > < Note that it's possible for patch 147 to be omitted even though 148 is
> > included.
>
> Well, the problem with using :if has("patch-6.2.148") is that this form
> of the test was only introduced at patchlevel 7.4.236 (and corrected at
> 7.4.237). Vim 6.2 to 7.4.235 wouldn't know what has("patch-6.2.148")
> meant, and therefore, I suppose, return 0 (i.e. false) unconditionally,
> even with the patch in place. For patchlevels earlier than 7.4.237 it is
> better to use the former test, :if version > 602 || (version == 602 &&
> has("patch148")), which still works on later versions anyway.
Right, the documentation is confusing and the example is wrong.
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