patch 8.1.1692: using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b8be54dcc517c9d57b62409945b7d4b90b6c3071 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jul 14 18:22:59 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1692: using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible Problem: Using *{} for literal dict is not backwards compatible. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) Solution: Use ~{} instead.

> +0&#ffffff0@74
|~+0#4040ff13&| @73
|~| @73
|~| @73
|~| @73
|~| @73
|~| @52|o+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|t|h|e|r| |t|a|b| @11
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @52|a+0#0000001#ffd7ff255| |c+0#ff404010&|o|m@1|e|n|t| +0#0000001&|l|i|n|e| @6
|:+0#0000000#ffffff0| @52|t+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|h|i|s| |l|i|n|e| |w|i|l@1| |n|o|t| |f|i
| +0#0000000#ffffff0@53|t+0#0000001#ffd7ff255| |h|e|r|e| @14