patch 8.2.2159: Vim9: when declaring a list it is not allocated yet Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3beaf9cd8efa3ba83e07187215004d140b89d529 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Fri Dec 18 17:23:14 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.2159: Vim9: when declaring a list it is not allocated yet Problem: Vim9: when declaring a list it is not allocated yet, causing a following extend() to fail. Solution: When fetching a variable value for a list or dict that is null allocate the list or dict, so it can be used. (closes #7491)

" Vim syntax file
" Language:	hosts.deny, hosts.allow configuration files
" Maintainer:	Thilo Six <T.Six@gmx.de>
" Last Change:	2011 May 01
" Derived From: conf.vim
" Credits:	Bram Moolenaar
"
" This file is there to get at least a minimal highlighting.
" A later version may be improved.


" Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
if exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

" For a starter we just use conf.vim for highlighting
runtime! syntax/conf.vim
unlet b:current_syntax


let b:current_syntax = "hostsaccess"
" vim: ts=8 sw=2