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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2021-02-03 17:41:24 +0100
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2021-02-03 17:41:24 +0100
commit2e5910bfbb05957c10c9c69756dfa342557e9a8b (patch)
treec70cb2b5240cb3f8465cb14773a11c25622e9a41 /runtime
parent91478ae49a1b2dc1de63821db731a343e855dcc0 (diff)
patch 8.2.2455: Vim9: key type for literal dict and indexing is inconsistentv8.2.2455
Problem: Vim9: key type that can be used for literal dict and indexing is inconsistent. Solution: Allow using number and bool as key for a literal dict. (#7771)
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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/vim9.txt6
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
index 7246ff87a6..220a19ba84 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ In case the key needs to be an expression, square brackets can be used, just
like in JavaScript: >
var dict = {["key" .. nr]: value}
+The key type can be string, number, bool or float. Other types result in an
+error. A number can be given with and without the []: >
+ var dict = {123: 'without', [456]: 'with'}
+ echo dict
+ {'456': 'with', '123': 'without'}
+
No :xit, :t, :append, :change or :insert ~