feat(eval): treat Lua string as "blob" in writefile() #39098

Problem:
vim.fn.writefile() treats Lua strings as Vimscript strings instead of a "binary clean" string.

Solution:
Treat Lua-originated strings as blob data.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/vimscript/writefile_spec.lua b/test/functional/vimscript/writefile_spec.lua
index b81cb43691..f406e5a469 100644
--- a/test/functional/vimscript/writefile_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/vimscript/writefile_spec.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ local clear = n.clear
 local eq = t.eq
 local fn = n.fn
 local api = n.api
+local exec_lua = n.exec_lua
 local read_file = t.read_file
 local write_file = t.write_file
 local pcall_err = t.pcall_err
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ describe('writefile()', function()
     eq('a\0', read_file(fname))
   end)
 
+  it('writes Lua strings to a file', function()
+    eq(0, exec_lua([[return vim.fn.writefile('foo\0bar', ..., 'b')]], fname))
+    eq('foo\0bar', read_file(fname))
+  end)
+
   it('shows correct file name when supplied numbers', function()
     api.nvim_set_current_dir(dname)
     eq(