equalalways is smarter on splitting than closing

[ubitux]

vim --clean -c "vs | vs | sp | res +15 | winc l | winc l | sp | clo"

What I got:       What I expected:

┌───┬───┬───┐     ┌───┬───┬───┐
│   │   │   │     │   │   │   │
├───┤   │   │     │   │   │   │
│   │   │   │     ├───┤   │   │
└───┴───┴───┘     └───┴───┴───┘

equalalways is on by default, and if you don't do the last close (vim --clean -c "vs | vs | sp | res +15 | winc l | winc l | sp") you realize the last split on the right doesn't trigger a global window equalization affecting the left split:

┌───┬───┬───┐
│   │   │   │
│   │   ├───┤
├───┤   │   │
└───┴───┴───┘

This is a good thing: the left side should not be affected by the creation of a split on the opposite side. On the other hand, closing does affect it for some reason.

Reproducible with Vim 8.2.0510

[tyru]

Maybe vim --clean -c "vs | vs | sp | res +15 | setl winfixheight | winc l | winc l | sp | clo" saves you?

[ubitux]

Maybe vim --clean -c "vs | vs | sp | res +15 | setl winfixheight | winc l | winc l | sp | clo" saves you?

Yeah no worry, I have workarounds; I'm reporting because I believe there is an issue. BTW, the problem with the workaround your propose is that it breaks the automatic equalization when it matters in the future (typically if I :sp again on the left side).