I beheld quite a few usage of “function!” in others vimrc files, but there is no easy-to-find documentation of “function!”.
What’s the difference between “function” and “function!”?
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I beheld quite a few usage of “function!” in others vimrc files, but there is no easy-to-find documentation of “function!”.
What’s the difference between “function” and “function!”?
:help user-functionsWhen a function by this name already exists and [!] is
not used an error message is given. When [!] is used,
an existing function is silently replaced. Unless it
is currently being executed, that is an error.