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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2021-06-26 15:00:59 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2021-06-26 15:00:59 +0200
commit3a3b10e87a10dd0bc355618dbfc4a0a6c828aad7 (patch)
treee74e88f7d0cbf28ff9d9af3ae9a371348656cdfa /src/eval.c
parent4d5dfe20839e9d13c95eaf4254467f952653b042 (diff)
patch 8.2.3055: strange error for assigning to "x.key" on non-dictionaryv8.2.3055
Problem: Strange error for assigning to "x.key" on non-dictionary. Solution: Add a specific error message. (closes #8451)
Diffstat (limited to 'src/eval.c')
-rw-r--r--src/eval.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 33ea8504a2..7704d46e98 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -924,8 +924,14 @@ get_lval(
lp->ll_tv = &v->di_tv;
var1.v_type = VAR_UNKNOWN;
var2.v_type = VAR_UNKNOWN;
- while (*p == '[' || (*p == '.' && lp->ll_tv->v_type == VAR_DICT))
+ while (*p == '[' || (*p == '.' && p[1] != '=' && p[1] != '.'))
{
+ if (*p == '.' && lp->ll_tv->v_type != VAR_DICT)
+ {
+ if (!quiet)
+ semsg(_(e_dot_can_only_be_used_on_dictionary_str), name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
if (!(lp->ll_tv->v_type == VAR_LIST && lp->ll_tv->vval.v_list != NULL)
&& !(lp->ll_tv->v_type == VAR_DICT)
&& !(lp->ll_tv->v_type == VAR_BLOB