patch 9.0.2155: Vim9: type not kept when assigning vars Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d33518522a84b5625e663c1b608e1c68f9f58003 Author: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Dec 8 21:41:23 2023 +0100 patch 9.0.2155: Vim9: type not kept when assigning vars Problem: Vim9: type not kept when assigning vars Solution: When assigning a List or a Dict value to a variable of type 'any', keep the type closes: #13639 closes: #13646 Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

--- a/src/vim9type.c
+++ b/src/vim9type.c
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ set_tv_type_recurse(type_T *type)
     void
 set_tv_type(typval_T *tv, type_T *type)
 {
+    if (type->tt_type == VAR_ANY)
+	// If the variable type is "any", then keep the value type.
+	// e.g.  var x: any = [1, 2] or var y: any = {v: 1}
+	return;
     if (tv->v_type == VAR_DICT && tv->vval.v_dict != NULL)
     {
 	dict_T *d = tv->vval.v_dict;