Re: getline(-1) returns 0

Hi mvxxc!

On Fr, 13 Dez 2013, mvxxc@gmx.de wrote:

> Can someone explain the following behavior?
>
> The command
>
> :echo getline(-1)
>
> returns zero instead of an empty string. The corresponding help page
> states the following.

I think, what you are seeing is some kind of error handling. When using
the getline() function and an unexpected condition happens (e.g. a
negative line number occurs), the function returns early, without
setting the return value to the empty string.

Best,
Christian
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