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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 17387:2558f90045e5 v8.1.1692
patch 8.1.1692: using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b8be54dcc517c9d57b62409945b7d4b90b6c3071
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun Jul 14 18:22:59 2019 +0200
patch 8.1.1692: using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible
Problem: Using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible. (Yasuhiro
Matsumoto)
Solution: Use ~{} instead.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:30:04 +0200 |
| parents | 6604ecb7a615 |
| children | 40417757dffd |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Dictionary An associative, unordered arr value. |Dictionary| Examples: {'blue': "#0000ff", 'red': "#ff0000"} - *{blue: "#0000ff", red: "#ff0000"} + ~{blue: "#0000ff", red: "#ff0000"} Funcref A reference to a function |Funcref|. Example: function("strlen") @@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ entry. Note that the String '04' and th Number will be converted to the String '4'. The empty string can also be used as a key. *literal-Dict* -To avoid having to put quotes around every key the *{} form can be used. This +To avoid having to put quotes around every key the ~{} form can be used. This does require the key to consist only of ASCII letters, digits, '-' and '_'. Example: > - let mydict = *{zero: 0, one_key: 1, two-key: 2, 333: 3} + let mydict = ~{zero: 0, one_key: 1, two-key: 2, 333: 3} Note that 333 here is the string "333". Empty keys are not possible here. A value can be any expression. Using a Dictionary for a value creates a