patch 8.2.3229: Vim9: runtime and compile time type checks are not the same Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4490ec4e839e45a2e6923c265c7e9e64c240b805 Author: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Jul 27 22:00:44 2021 +0200 patch 8.2.3229: Vim9: runtime and compile time type checks are not the same Problem: Vim9: runtime and compile time type checks are not the same. Solution: Add more runtime type checks for builtin functions. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes #8646)

--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -4111,6 +4111,9 @@ f_searchcount(typval_T *argvars, typval_
     if (rettv_dict_alloc(rettv) == FAIL)
 	return;
 
+    if (in_vim9script() && check_for_opt_dict_arg(argvars, 0) == FAIL)
+	return;
+
     if (shortmess(SHM_SEARCHCOUNT))	// 'shortmess' contains 'S' flag
 	recompute = TRUE;