patch 8.2.3702: first key in dict is seen as curly expression and fails Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/98cb90ef865089a5ddd20bc0303d449fb7d97fb2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Nov 30 11:56:22 2021 +0000 patch 8.2.3702: first key in dict is seen as curly expression and fails Problem: First key in dict is seen as curly expression and fails. Solution: Ignore failure of curly expression. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/9247)

--- a/src/typval.c
+++ b/src/typval.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,8 @@ eval_number(
 		      : STR2NR_ALL, &n, NULL, 0, TRUE);
 	if (len == 0)
 	{
-	    semsg(_(e_invalid_expression_str), *arg);
+	    if (evaluate)
+		semsg(_(e_invalid_expression_str), *arg);
 	    return FAIL;
 	}
 	*arg += len;