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@11
|~+0#4040ff13&| @10
|~| @10
|~| @6|o+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|t|h|e
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @6|r+0#0000001#ffd7ff255| |t|a
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @6|b+0#0000001#ffd7ff255| @2
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @6|a+0#0000001#ffd7ff255| |c+0#ff404010&|o
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @6|m+0#ff404010#ffd7ff255@1|e|n
|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @6|t+0#ff404010#ffd7ff255| +0#0000001&|l|i
| +0#0000000#ffffff0@5|0|,|n+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e| @1