neovim

commit e4a23b6e0b4f68c284b9cc479df842f934b5ac05
parent a44ac26c752028d50eaff5d39fadb8115c2ddaa9
Author: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Date:   Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:01:43 +0800

vim-patch:8.2.2318: Vim9: string and list index work differently

Problem:    Vim9: string and list index work differently.
Solution:   Make string index work like list index. (closes vim/vim#7643)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e7525c552060dd04aacdbca6bb5fe6460cf4da60

Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>

Diffstat:
M
src/nvim/eval.c
 | 
22
++++++++++++++++++----
M
src/nvim/eval/typval.c
 | 
2
+-

2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -7523,16 +7523,30 @@ int check_luafunc_name(const char *const str, const bool paren)
 /// "index" is out of range NULL is returned.
 char *char_from_string(const char *str, varnumber_T index)
 {
-  size_t nbyte = 0;
   varnumber_T nchar = index;
 
-  if (str == NULL || index < 0) {
+  if (str == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
   size_t slen = strlen(str);
-  while (nchar > 0 && nbyte < slen) {
+
+  // do the same as for a list: a negative index counts from the end
+  if (index < 0) {
+    int clen = 0;
+
+    for (size_t nbyte = 0; nbyte < slen; clen++) {
+      nbyte += (size_t)utf_ptr2len(str + nbyte);
+    }
+    nchar = clen + index;
+    if (nchar < 0) {
+      // unlike list: index out of range results in empty string
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+  size_t nbyte = 0;
+  for (; nchar > 0 && nbyte < slen; nchar--) {
     nbyte += (size_t)utf_ptr2len(str + nbyte);
-    nchar--;
   }
   if (nbyte >= slen) {
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/typval.c b/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ int tv_list_slice_or_index(list_T *list, bool range, varnumber_T n1_arg, varnumb
     // A list index out of range is an error.
     if (!range) {
       if (verbose) {
-        semsg(_(e_list_index_out_of_range_nr), (int64_t)n1);
+        semsg(_(e_list_index_out_of_range_nr), (int64_t)n1_arg);
       }
       return FAIL;
     }