Before: let g:lines = [] let g:data = '' function! LineCallback(job_id, line) abort call add(g:lines, a:line) endfunction function! RawCallback(job_id, some_data) abort let g:data .= a:some_data endfunction After: unlet! g:last_line unlet! g:lines unlet! g:data delfunction LineCallback delfunction RawCallback Execute (ALE should handle empty Lists for the lines): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', [], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual [], g:lines AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should pass on full lines for NeoVim): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x', 'y', ''], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual ['x', 'y'], g:lines AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should pass on a single long line): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x'], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual [], g:lines AssertEqual 'x', g:last_line Execute (ALE should handle just a single line of output): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x', ''], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual ['x'], g:lines AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should join two incomplete pieces of large lines together): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, 'x', ['y'], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual [], g:lines AssertEqual 'xy', g:last_line Execute (ALE join incomplete lines, and set new ones): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, 'x', ['y', 'z', 'a'], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual ['xy', 'z'], g:lines AssertEqual 'a', g:last_line Execute (ALE join incomplete lines, and set new ones, with two elements): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, 'x', ['y', 'z'], 'nl', function('LineCallback')) AssertEqual ['xy'], g:lines AssertEqual 'z', g:last_line Execute (ALE should pass on full lines for NeoVim for raw data): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x', 'y', ''], 'raw', function('RawCallback')) AssertEqual "x\ny\n", g:data AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should pass on a single long line): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x'], 'raw', function('RawCallback')) AssertEqual 'x', g:data AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should handle just a single line of output): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['x', ''], 'raw', function('RawCallback')) AssertEqual "x\n", g:data AssertEqual '', g:last_line Execute (ALE should pass on two lines and one incomplete one): let g:last_line = ale#util#JoinNeovimOutput(1, '', ['y', 'z', 'a'], 'raw', function('RawCallback')) AssertEqual "y\nz\na", g:data AssertEqual '', g:last_line