diff src/evalfunc.c @ 29994:86eb4aba16c3 v9.0.0335

patch 9.0.0335: checks for Dictionary argument often give a vague error Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/04c4c5746e15884768d2cb41370c3276a196cd4c Author: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Aug 30 19:48:24 2022 +0100 patch 9.0.0335: checks for Dictionary argument often give a vague error Problem: Checks for Dictionary argument often give a vague error message. Solution: Give a useful error message. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/11009)
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:00:05 +0200
parents 0ad8b72af148
children 6c1a9d7a931f
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--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -3277,11 +3277,9 @@ f_call(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rett
 
     if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN)
     {
-	if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_DICT)
-	{
-	    emsg(_(e_dictionary_required));
+	if (check_for_dict_arg(argvars, 2) == FAIL)
 	    return;
-	}
+
 	selfdict = argvars[2].vval.v_dict;
     }
 
@@ -4501,9 +4499,8 @@ common_function(typval_T *argvars, typva
 		arg_idx = 1;
 	    if (dict_idx > 0)
 	    {
-		if (argvars[dict_idx].v_type != VAR_DICT)
+		if (check_for_dict_arg(argvars, dict_idx) == FAIL)
 		{
-		    emsg(_(e_expected_dict));
 		    vim_free(name);
 		    goto theend;
 		}
@@ -9291,14 +9288,8 @@ f_setcharsearch(typval_T *argvars, typva
     dictitem_T	*di;
     char_u	*csearch;
 
-    if (in_vim9script() && check_for_dict_arg(argvars, 0) == FAIL)
-	return;
-
-    if (argvars[0].v_type != VAR_DICT)
-    {
-	emsg(_(e_dictionary_required));
-	return;
-    }
+    if (check_for_dict_arg(argvars, 0) == FAIL)
+	return;
 
     if ((d = argvars[0].vval.v_dict) != NULL)
     {
@@ -9637,11 +9628,8 @@ f_settagstack(typval_T *argvars, typval_
 	return;
 
     // second argument: dict with items to set in the tag stack
-    if (argvars[1].v_type != VAR_DICT)
-    {
-	emsg(_(e_dictionary_required));
-	return;
-    }
+    if (check_for_dict_arg(argvars, 1) == FAIL)
+	return;
     d = argvars[1].vval.v_dict;
     if (d == NULL)
 	return;