Andy Wokula wrote:
> Check this out:
>
> :let mydict = {"foo": "bar"}
>
> :echo mydict.foo
> bar
>
> " This doesn't work:
> :echo {"mydict.foo"}
> E121: Undefined variable: mydict.foo
> E15: Invalid expression: {"mydict.foo"}
>
> :let varname = "mydict.foo"
> :echo {varname}
> E121: Undefined variable: mydict.foo
> E15: Invalid expression: {varname}
>
> :let workaround = mydict.foo
> :echo {"workaround"}
> bar
>
> I'm not sure whether this really is a bug. Are dict members supposed to
> have the same status as variable-value pairs?
You are using a {} construct for an expression, while it's only to be
used to evaluate to a variable name. So this works:
:echo {"mydict"}.foo
The {} construct is a thing of the past, it's better to use eval() now.
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