Ruby $curbuf.number always returns 0 for Vim 7.3 on some platforms

[Wincent Colaiuta]

Hi,

I'm the author of the Command-T plug-in, which is a Vim plugin partly
written in Ruby:

https://wincent.com/products/command-t

I've received multiple reports from people on different platforms that
there is breakage running under 7.3 on their platform (I'm afraid I
can't reproduce on Mac OS X though):

https://wincent.com/issues/1617

The apparent cause is that, for them, evaluating "$curbuf.number"
under Ruby _always_ returns 0, when it is supposed to return a
positive integer buffer number. To test, just do this:

:ruby puts $curbuf.number

If you're on an affected platform/Vim, you'll always see 0. Otherwise
you'll see some positive integer.

The plug-in uses the buffer number in a couple of places to select and
close buffers; ie. basically doing stuff like:

:silent b 23

And:

:bwipeout! 23

These users report that a workaround is to use "$curbuf.name" for
those purposes instead. I'm reluctant to make this change to the plug-
in because I'm worried about the possible instability of the buffer
name over time.

So two questions:

(1) is this a known bug in 7.3? (and if not, what information can I
gather from these users to help troubleshoot it)

(2) is using "$curbuf.name" a "safe" workaround, or is it possible
that the value could change over time and introduce unexpected
behavior into the plug-in?

Cheers,
Wincent

[ZyX]

Ответ на сообщение «Ruby $curbuf.number always returns 0 for Vim 7.3 on some
platforms»,
присланное в 12:09:44 21 августа 2010, Суббота,
отправитель Wincent Colaiuta:

I do not know, what for you are using $curbuf.number (perhaps, for closing list
of files), but the buffer name could change at least in the following cases:
1. when you open a buffer which is not attached to any file and then write it
somewhere. Example:
new
" echoes nil
ruby puts $curbuf.name
w file
" echoes /path/to/file
ruby puts $curbuf.name
qa!
2. when you open an existing file and use saveas command. Example:
e file
" echoes /path/to/file
ruby puts $curbuf.name
sav file2
" echoes /path/to/file2
ruby puts $curbuf.name
qa!
Buffer number will not change in these cases.

PS: Gentoo linux, amd64, vim version 7.3, ruby 1.8.7_p249: $curbuf.number
returns correct value.

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