Ernie Rael wrote:
> >> In vim9.txt there's
> >>
> >> The key type can be string, number, bool or float. Other types res> ult
> >> in an
> >> error. A number can be given with and without the []:
> >>
> >> Don't know if the following shows a bug in implementation or documentati>
> >> on.
> >> The two dictionaries are not equal.
> >>
> >> vim9script
> >>
> >> var d1 = {[000123]: 'foo'}
> >> echo d1
> >> ### output {'123': 'foo'}
> >>
> >> var d2 = {000123: 'foo'}
> >> echo d2
> >> ### output {'000123': 'foo'}
> >>
> >> if d1 == d2
> >> echo 'EQUAL'
> >> else
> >> echo 'NOT EQUAL'
> >> endif
> > This is correct. The key eventually is always a string. If you use a
> > number and convert it to a string then leading zeros are dropped. If
> > you use a string with leading zeros, they are kept. This is in the help
> > below ":he E717".
> >
> E717 says
>
> You can use a Number, it will be converted
> ...Note that the String '04' and the Number 04 are different,
> since the Number will be converted to the String '4'.
>
> According to that, in the example I started with, {000123: 'foo'}, the
> number should be converted. But it is not being converted. Try
>
> vim9script
> echo {000123: 'foo'}
That is not a number but a string. As you noticed before, using [expr]
does use 000123 as a number, then converts it to a string.
Using the {key: value} syntax the "key" part is always a string.
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