patch 8.2.2455: Vim9: key type for literal dict and indexing is inconsistent Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2e5910bfbb05957c10c9c69756dfa342557e9a8b Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Feb 3 17:41:24 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.2455: Vim9: key type for literal dict and indexing is inconsistent Problem: Vim9: key type that can be used for literal dict and indexing is inconsistent. Solution: Allow using number and bool as key for a literal dict. (#7771)

--- a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ In case the key needs to be an expressio
 like in JavaScript: >
 	var dict = {["key" .. nr]: value}
 
+The key type can be string, number, bool or float.  Other types result in an
+error.  A number can be given with and without the []: >
+	var dict = {123: 'without', [456]: 'with'}
+	echo dict
+	{'456': 'with', '123': 'without'}
+
 
 No :xit, :t, :append, :change or :insert ~