diff src/evalvars.c @ 28217:662d2d5db9a6

patch 8.2.4634: Vim9: cannot initialize a variable to null_list Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec15b1cfdc5faadb529dedda58adf7fc98c839ed Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Mar 27 16:29:53 2022 +0100 patch 8.2.4634: Vim9: cannot initialize a variable to null_list Problem: Vim9: cannot initialize a variable to null_list. Solution: Give negative count to NEWLIST. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/10027) Also fix inconsistencies in comparing with null values.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:30:04 +0200
parents b96409b84eaf
children 300b0ca4e46c
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--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -2816,11 +2816,13 @@ eval_variable(
 		    type = sv->sv_type;
 	    }
 
-	    // If a list or dict variable wasn't initialized, do it now.
-	    // Not for global variables, they are not declared.
+	    // If a list or dict variable wasn't initialized and has meaningful
+	    // type, do it now.  Not for global variables, they are not
+	    // declared.
 	    if (ht != &globvarht)
 	    {
-		if (tv->v_type == VAR_DICT && tv->vval.v_dict == NULL)
+		if (tv->v_type == VAR_DICT && tv->vval.v_dict == NULL
+				      && type != NULL && type != &t_dict_empty)
 		{
 		    tv->vval.v_dict = dict_alloc();
 		    if (tv->vval.v_dict != NULL)
@@ -2829,7 +2831,8 @@ eval_variable(
 			tv->vval.v_dict->dv_type = alloc_type(type);
 		    }
 		}
-		else if (tv->v_type == VAR_LIST && tv->vval.v_list == NULL)
+		else if (tv->v_type == VAR_LIST && tv->vval.v_list == NULL
+				      && type != NULL && type != &t_list_empty)
 		{
 		    tv->vval.v_list = list_alloc();
 		    if (tv->vval.v_list != NULL)
@@ -2838,12 +2841,6 @@ eval_variable(
 			tv->vval.v_list->lv_type = alloc_type(type);
 		    }
 		}
-		else if (tv->v_type == VAR_BLOB && tv->vval.v_blob == NULL)
-		{
-		    tv->vval.v_blob = blob_alloc();
-		    if (tv->vval.v_blob != NULL)
-			++tv->vval.v_blob->bv_refcount;
-		}
 	    }
 	    copy_tv(tv, rettv);
 	}