Fwd: What is a Blob?

2019-01-13 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 5:04 PM Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > Tony wrote: > > > I see that since Vim 8.1.765, there is a new type, the Blob. But what > > is a Blob, exactly? What is it good for? I gather from the help that a > > Blob is defined as any string of 0 or

Re: What is a Blob?

2019-01-13 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Tony wrote: > I see that since Vim 8.1.765, there is a new type, the Blob. But what > is a Blob, exactly? What is it good for? I gather from the help that a > Blob is defined as any string of 0 or more hex bytes, including null > bytes if desired, and that a Blob can be created by

What is a Blob?

2019-01-12 Thread Tony Mechelynck
I see that since Vim 8.1.765, there is a new type, the Blob. But what is a Blob, exactly? What is it good for? I gather from the help that a Blob is defined as any string of 0 or more hex bytes, including null bytes if desired, and that a Blob can be created by assigning it either a Blob literal