Commit: runtime(doc): fix outdated :function help

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runtime(doc): fix outdated :function help

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fe8c8b1e8596144029a012de2398d7bd57bcc577
Author: zeertzjq <zeer...@outlook.com>
Date: Sat Dec 20 15:24:57 2025 +0000

runtime(doc): fix outdated :function help

Since patch 7.4.264 a leading "g:" is skipped.

closes: #18976

Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeer...@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
index aa8ed9ec8..6ecfd2653 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*userfunc.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Oct 28
+*userfunc.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Dec 20


VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ See |:verbose-cmd| for more information.
matching |:endfunction|.
*E1267*
The name must be made of alphanumeric characters and
- '_', and must start with a capital or "s:" (see
- above). Note that using "b:" or "g:" is not allowed.
- (since patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function
- name has a colon in the name, e.g. for "foo:bar()".
- Before that patch no error was given).
+ '_' and must start with a capital or "s:" (see above).
+ Note that using "b:", "l:", etc. is not allowed (since
+ patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function name has a
+ colon, e.g. for "foo:bar()"), while a leading "g:" is
+ skipped and still requires a following capital letter.

{name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a
|Funcref|: >
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