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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 17368:6604ecb7a615 v8.1.1683
patch 8.1.1683: dictionary with string keys is longer than needed
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d5abb4c87727eecb71b0e8ffdda60fc9598272f3
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sat Jul 13 22:46:10 2019 +0200
patch 8.1.1683: dictionary with string keys is longer than needed
Problem: Dictionary with string keys is longer than needed.
Solution: Use *{key: val} for literaly keys.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 13 Jul 2019 23:00:05 +0200 |
| parents | 9843fbfa0ee5 |
| children | 2558f90045e5 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ List An ordered sequence of items, see Dictionary An associative, unordered array: Each entry has a key and a value. |Dictionary| - Example: {'blue': "#0000ff", 'red': "#ff0000"} + Examples: + {'blue': "#0000ff", 'red': "#ff0000"} + *{blue: "#0000ff", red: "#ff0000"} Funcref A reference to a function |Funcref|. Example: function("strlen") @@ -477,8 +479,14 @@ only appear once. Examples: > A key is always a String. You can use a Number, it will be converted to a String automatically. Thus the String '4' and the number 4 will find the same entry. Note that the String '04' and the Number 04 are different, since the -Number will be converted to the String '4'. The empty string can be used as a -key. +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 +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} +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 nested Dictionary: >