[vim/vim] Vim9: cannot refer to exported autoload function via Vim9 dot notation without sourcing its script too early (Issue #9578)
lacygoill
Steps to reproduce
Run this shell command:
vim -Nu NONE -S <(tee <<'EOF'
vim9script
var dir = '/tmp/.vim'
&runtimepath = dir
dir ..= '/autoload'
dir->mkdir('p')
var lines =<< trim END
vim9script
export def ThesaurusFunc(findbase: bool, _): any
if findbase
return 1
endif
return [
'check',
'experiment',
'test',
'verification'
]
enddef
sleep 5
END
lines->writefile(dir .. '/completion.vim')
import autoload 'completion.vim'
&thesaurusfunc = completion.ThesaurusFunc
feedkeys("i\<C-X>\<C-T>")
EOF
)
It takes 5 seconds for Vim to start, then the completion menu is opened.
Run this other shell command:
vim -Nu NONE -S <(tee <<'EOF'
vim9script
var dir = '/tmp/.vim'
&runtimepath = dir
dir ..= '/autoload'
dir->mkdir('p')
var lines =<< trim END
vim9script
export def ThesaurusFunc(findbase: bool, _): any
if findbase
return 1
endif
return [
'check',
'experiment',
'test',
'verification'
]
enddef
sleep 5
END
lines->writefile(dir .. '/completion.vim')
import autoload 'completion.vim'
&thesaurusfunc = 'completion.ThesaurusFunc'
feedkeys("i\<C-X>\<C-T>")
EOF
)
Vim starts immediately, but E117 is given:
E117: Unknown function: completion.ThesaurusFunc
Run this last shell command:
vim -Nu NONE -S <(tee <<'EOF'
vim9script
var dir = '/tmp/.vim'
&runtimepath = dir
dir ..= '/autoload'
dir->mkdir('p')
var lines =<< trim END
vim9script
export def ThesaurusFunc(findbase: bool, _): any
if findbase
return 1
endif
return [
'check',
'experiment',
'test',
'verification'
]
enddef
sleep 5
END
lines->writefile(dir .. '/completion.vim')
import autoload 'completion.vim'
&thesaurusfunc = function('completion.ThesaurusFunc')
feedkeys("i\<C-X>\<C-T>")
EOF
)
Vim starts after 5 seconds, and E117 is given:
E117: Unknown function: completion.ThesaurusFunc
Expected behavior
In at least one of these shell commands, Vim starts immediately, then sleeps for 5 seconds, then opens the completion menu. Otherwise, it means we have no way to refer to an exported autoload function via the Vim9 dot notation without sourcing its script too early, which defeats the whole purpose of writing it inside an autoload script in the first place.
Version of Vim
8.2 Included patches: 1-4162
Environment
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Terminal: xterm
Value of $TERM: xterm-256color
Shell: zsh 5.8
Additional context
If we refer to the autoload function via the legacy name completion#ThesaurusFunc(), then we can get the desired result simply by quoting the name:
&thesaurusfunc = 'completion#ThesaurusFunc'
^ ^
Test:
vim9script var dir = '/tmp/.vim' &runtimepath = dir dir ..= '/autoload' dir->mkdir('p') var lines =<< trim END vim9script export def ThesaurusFunc(findbase: bool, _): any if findbase return 1 endif return [ 'check', 'experiment', 'test', 'verification' ] enddef sleep 5 END lines->writefile(dir .. '/completion.vim') import autoload 'completion.vim' &thesaurusfunc = 'completion#ThesaurusFunc' feedkeys("i\<C-X>\<C-T>")
Vim starts immediately
Vim sleeps for 5 seconds
Vim opens the pum
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lacygoill
Sorry, it might not be easy to understand the purpose of the 3 shell commands.
They test these assignments:
&thesaurusfunc = completion.ThesaurusFunc
&thesaurusfunc = 'completion.ThesaurusFunc'
&thesaurusfunc = function('completion.ThesaurusFunc')
Summary of the results:
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐
│ completion.ThesaurusFunc │ autoload script sourced too early │
│ │ completion working │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│ 'completion.ThesaurusFunc' │ completion not working │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│ function('completion.ThesaurusFunc') │ autoload script sourced too early │
│ │ completion not working │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐
│ completion#ThesaurusFunc │ autoload script sourced too early │
│ │ completion working │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│ 'completion#ThesaurusFunc' │ autoload script lazy-loaded │
│ │ completion working │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│ function('completion#ThesaurusFunc') │ autoload script lazy-loaded │
│ │ completion working │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘
Notice that the 2 tables are inconsistent. The right cell gives identical results on the first line, but not on the 2nd and 3rd lines.
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Bram Moolenaar
If you use the completion it is normal the autoload script is actually loaded. But when setting 'thesaurusfunc' to an autoloaded function it should not be loaded yet. it appears that it does happen with just this:
import autoload 'completion.vim'
&thesaurusfunc = completion.ThesaurusFunc
It should be possible to avoid that.
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Bram Moolenaar
Actually, using the assignment style won't work, because the expression will be evaluated, causing the autoload script to be loaded. Using a string should work though.
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