Complain about stray echo lines in the codebase

5 files changed, 41 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/autoload/ale/cursor.vim b/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
index 69076102..5a1d7789 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function! s:EchoWithShortMess(setting, message) abort
         elseif a:setting is# 'off'
             setlocal shortmess-=T
             " Regular echo is needed for printing newline characters.
-            echo a:message
+            execute 'echo a:message'
         else
             throw 'Invalid setting: ' . string(a:setting)
         endif
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function! s:EchoImpl() abort
     elseif get(l:info, 'echoed')
         " We'll only clear the echoed message when moving off errors once,
         " so we don't continually clear the echo line.
-        echo
+        execute 'echo'
         let l:info.echoed = 0
     endif
 endfunction
@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@ function! ale#cursor#ShowCursorDetail() abort
         let l:message = get(l:loc, 'detail', l:loc.text)
 
         call ale#preview#Show(split(l:message, "\n"))
-        echo
+        execute 'echo'
     endif
 endfunction
diff --git a/autoload/ale/debugging.vim b/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
index 7454bb1a..9ce69ce8 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ let s:global_variable_list = [
 \    'ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace',
 \]
 
+function! s:Echo(message) abort
+    execute 'echo a:message'
+endfunction
+
 function! s:GetLinterVariables(filetype, linter_names) abort
     let l:variable_list = []
     let l:filetype_parts = split(a:filetype, '\.')
@@ -52,20 +56,20 @@ endfunction
 
 function! s:EchoLinterVariables(variable_list) abort
     for l:key in a:variable_list
-        echom 'let g:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(g:[l:key])
+        call s:Echo('let g:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(g:[l:key]))
 
         if has_key(b:, l:key)
-            echom 'let b:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(b:[l:key])
+            call s:Echo('let b:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(b:[l:key]))
         endif
     endfor
 endfunction
 
 function! s:EchoGlobalVariables() abort
     for l:key in s:global_variable_list
-        echom 'let g:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(get(g:, l:key, v:null))
+        call s:Echo('let g:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(get(g:, l:key, v:null)))
 
         if has_key(b:, l:key)
-            echom 'let b:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(b:[l:key])
+            call s:Echo('let b:' . l:key . ' = ' . string(b:[l:key]))
         endif
     endfor
 endfunction
@@ -79,34 +83,34 @@ function! s:EchoCommand(item) abort
         let l:status_message .= ' - exit code ' . a:item.exit_code
     endif
 
-    echom '(' . l:status_message . ') ' . string(a:item.command)
+    call s:Echo('(' . l:status_message . ') ' . string(a:item.command))
 
     if g:ale_history_log_output && has_key(a:item, 'output')
         if empty(a:item.output)
-            echom ''
-            echom '<<<NO OUTPUT RETURNED>>>'
-            echom ''
+            call s:Echo('')
+            call s:Echo('<<<NO OUTPUT RETURNED>>>')
+            call s:Echo('')
         else
-            echom ''
-            echom '<<<OUTPUT STARTS>>>'
+            call s:Echo('')
+            call s:Echo('<<<OUTPUT STARTS>>>')
 
             for l:line in a:item.output
-                echom l:line
+                call s:Echo(l:line)
             endfor
 
-            echom '<<<OUTPUT ENDS>>>'
-            echom ''
+            call s:Echo('<<<OUTPUT ENDS>>>')
+            call s:Echo('')
         endif
     endif
 endfunction
 
 " Echo the results of an executable check.
 function! s:EchoExecutable(item) abort
-    echom printf(
+    call s:Echo(printf(
     \   '(executable check - %s) %s',
     \   a:item.status ? 'success' : 'failure',
     \   a:item.command,
-    \)
+    \))
 endfunction
 
 function! s:EchoCommandHistory() abort
@@ -127,12 +131,12 @@ function! s:EchoLinterAliases(all_linters) abort
     for l:linter in a:all_linters
         if !empty(l:linter.aliases)
             if l:first
-                echom '   Linter Aliases:'
+                call s:Echo('   Linter Aliases:')
             endif
 
             let l:first = 0
 
-            echom string(l:linter.name) . ' -> ' . string(l:linter.aliases)
+            call s:Echo(string(l:linter.name) . ' -> ' . string(l:linter.aliases))
         endif
     endfor
 endfunction
@@ -159,18 +163,18 @@ function! ale#debugging#Info() abort
     " This must be done after linters are loaded.
     let l:variable_list = s:GetLinterVariables(l:filetype, l:enabled_names)
 
-    echom ' Current Filetype: ' . l:filetype
-    echom 'Available Linters: ' . string(l:all_names)
+    call s:Echo(' Current Filetype: ' . l:filetype)
+    call s:Echo('Available Linters: ' . string(l:all_names))
     call s:EchoLinterAliases(l:all_linters)
-    echom '  Enabled Linters: ' . string(l:enabled_names)
-    echom ' Linter Variables:'
-    echom ''
+    call s:Echo('  Enabled Linters: ' . string(l:enabled_names))
+    call s:Echo(' Linter Variables:')
+    call s:Echo('')
     call s:EchoLinterVariables(l:variable_list)
-    echom ' Global Variables:'
-    echom ''
+    call s:Echo(' Global Variables:')
+    call s:Echo('')
     call s:EchoGlobalVariables()
-    echom '  Command History:'
-    echom ''
+    call s:Echo('  Command History:')
+    call s:Echo('')
     call s:EchoCommandHistory()
 endfunction
 
@@ -179,5 +183,5 @@ function! ale#debugging#InfoToClipboard() abort
         silent call ale#debugging#Info()
     redir END
 
-    echom 'ALEInfo copied to your clipboard'
+    call s:Echo('ALEInfo copied to your clipboard')
 endfunction
diff --git a/autoload/ale/engine.vim b/autoload/ale/engine.vim
index e08de16c..f65108ff 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/engine.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/engine.vim
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ function! s:HandleTSServerDiagnostics(response, error_type) abort
 endfunction
 
 function! s:HandleLSPErrorMessage(error_message) abort
-    echoerr 'Error from LSP:'
+    execute 'echoerr ''Error from LSP:'''
 
     for l:line in split(a:error_message, "\n")
-        echoerr l:line
+        execute 'echoerr l:line'
     endfor
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/autoload/ale/fix.vim b/autoload/ale/fix.vim
index 5a42b74f..c4143aa1 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/fix.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/fix.vim
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function! ale#fix#ApplyFixes(buffer, output) abort
 
         if l:data.lines_before != l:lines
             call remove(g:ale_fix_buffer_data, a:buffer)
-            echoerr 'The file was changed before fixing finished'
+            execute 'echoerr ''The file was changed before fixing finished'''
             return
         endif
     endif
@@ -406,17 +406,18 @@ function! ale#fix#Fix(...) abort
         let l:callback_list = s:GetCallbacks()
     catch /E700/
         let l:function_name = join(split(split(v:exception, ':')[3]))
-        echom printf(
+        let l:echo_message = printf(
         \   'There is no fixer named `%s`. Check :ALEFixSuggest',
         \   l:function_name,
         \)
+        execute 'echom l:echo_message'
 
         return 0
     endtry
 
     if empty(l:callback_list)
         if l:fixing_flag is# ''
-            echom 'No fixers have been defined. Try :ALEFixSuggest'
+            execute 'echom ''No fixers have been defined. Try :ALEFixSuggest'''
         endif
 
         return 0
diff --git a/autoload/ale/toggle.vim b/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
index aa6d113b..7197498e 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function! ale#toggle#ToggleBuffer(buffer) abort
     " Disabling ALE globally removes autocmd events, so we cannot enable
     " linting locally when linting is disabled globally
     if l:enabled && !g:ale_enabled
-        echom 'ALE cannot be enabled locally when disabled globally'
+        execute 'echom ''ALE cannot be enabled locally when disabled globally'''
         return
     endif