# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
# Date 1604079904 -3600
# Node ID 84fca115b1bb399286045bb5e95aa524c6f25dc3
# Parent  f9f8ec2acdeaa3ef2631941c49cee979d1d88e0b
patch 8.2.1924: Vim9: crash when indexing dict with NULL key

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/086fc9a585afa4317046fa0a36c7b896286e5128
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 30 18:33:02 2020 +0100

    patch 8.2.1924: Vim9: crash when indexing dict with NULL key

    Problem:    Vim9: crash when indexing dict with NULL key.
    Solution:   Use empty string instead of NULL. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/7229)  Make error
                message more useful for empty string.

diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ EXTERN char e_invalblob[]	INIT(= N_("E97
 EXTERN char e_toomanyarg[]	INIT(= N_("E118: Too many arguments for function: %s"));
 EXTERN char e_toofewarg[]	INIT(= N_("E119: Not enough arguments for function: %s"));
 EXTERN char e_func_deleted[]	INIT(= N_("E933: Function was deleted: %s"));
-EXTERN char e_dictkey[]		INIT(= N_("E716: Key not present in Dictionary: %s"));
+EXTERN char e_dictkey[]		INIT(= N_("E716: Key not present in Dictionary: \"%s\""));
 EXTERN char e_listreq[]		INIT(= N_("E714: List required"));
 EXTERN char e_listblobreq[]	INIT(= N_("E897: List or Blob required"));
 EXTERN char e_list_end[]	INIT(= N_("E697: Missing end of List ']': %s"));
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
@@ -1917,6 +1917,7 @@ def Test_expr7_dict()
   CheckDefExecFailure(['var x: dict<string> = #{a: "x", b: 134}'], 'E1012:', 1)
 
   CheckDefFailure(['var x = ({'], 'E723:', 2)
+  CheckDefExecFailure(['{}[getftype("")]'], 'E716: Key not present in Dictionary: ""', 1)
 enddef
 
 def Test_expr7_dict_vim9script()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1924,
+/**/
     1923,
 /**/
     1922,
diff --git a/src/vim9execute.c b/src/vim9execute.c
--- a/src/vim9execute.c
+++ b/src/vim9execute.c
@@ -2607,6 +2607,8 @@ call_def_function(
 		    tv = STACK_TV_BOT(-1);
 		    // no need to check for VAR_STRING, 2STRING will check.
 		    key = tv->vval.v_string;
+		    if (key == NULL)
+			key = (char_u *)"";
 
 		    if ((di = dict_find(dict, key, -1)) == NULL)
 		    {