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)

--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -1578,11 +1578,9 @@ f_has_key(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *r
 		|| check_for_string_or_number_arg(argvars, 1) == FAIL))
 	return;
 
-    if (argvars[0].v_type != VAR_DICT)
-    {
-	emsg(_(e_dictionary_required));
+    if (check_for_dict_arg(argvars, 0) == FAIL)
 	return;
-    }
+
     if (argvars[0].vval.v_dict == NULL)
 	return;