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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2019-06-22 01:40:42 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2019-06-22 01:40:42 +0200
commitadc6714aac20f5462a0ecec50ab4806b2f3ab0db (patch)
tree54650818f8664ba76e6cad1632d463ed6b9aec74 /runtime
parentdfc145572813c5d3848feb4029ff8bfb127ab66a (diff)
patch 8.1.1579: dict and list could be GC'ed while displaying errorv8.1.1579
Problem: Dict and list could be GC'ed while displaying error in a timer. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) Solution: Block garbage collection when executing a timer. Add test_garbagecollect_soon(). Add "no_wait_return" to test_override(). (closes #4571)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 80fbfba1db..8de2d8c295 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2741,6 +2741,7 @@ test_alloc_fail({id}, {countdown}, {repeat})
test_autochdir() none enable 'autochdir' during startup
test_feedinput({string}) none add key sequence to input buffer
test_garbagecollect_now() none free memory right now for testing
+test_garbagecollect_soon() none free memory soon for testing
test_getvalue({string}) any get value of an internal variable
test_ignore_error({expr}) none ignore a specific error
test_null_blob() Blob null value for testing
@@ -10009,6 +10010,10 @@ test_garbagecollect_now() *test_garbagecollect_now()*
internally, and |v:testing| must have been set before calling
any function.
+test_garbagecollect_soon() *test_garbagecollect_soon()*
+ Set the flag to call the garbagecollector as if in the main
+ loop. Only to be used in tests.
+
test_getvalue({name}) *test_getvalue()*
Get the value of an internal variable. These values for
{name} are supported:
@@ -10072,6 +10077,8 @@ test_override({name}, {val}) *test_override()*
fallback to the old engine
no_query_mouse do not query the mouse position for "dec"
terminals
+ no_wait_return set the "no_wait_return" flag. Not restored
+ with "ALL".
ALL clear all overrides ({val} is not used)
"starting" is to be used when a test should behave like