Friday, October 16, 2015

Re: Capture output of :make

On Fr, 16 Okt 2015, LCD 47 wrote:

> > > > I have tried that, but cexpr (and lexpr, too!) uses the global value
> > > > of errorformat.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a bug to me. Does this patch fix it?
> > [...]
> >
> > Are you sure this is a bug? There is no reason for the result of
> > cexpr / lexpr to depend on the current buffer. The change you suggest
> > would be backwards incompatible, for no real gain as far as I can tell.
>
> The current behaviour is even documented:
>
> : If {expr} is a String, then each new-line terminated
> : line in the String is processed using the global value
> : of 'errorformat' and the result is added to the
> : quickfix list.

I still think, cexpr should use the effective errorformat, but since
this is documented, I am fine with the current behaviour. One could
argue however, that lexpr should use the buffer-local errorformat if one
is defined. If that is agreed upon, I can send an updated patch.

Best,
Christian
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