commit 330a388e18ad6b64c3574c712db675258b0e9878
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Mar 05 11:05:57 2022 +0000
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Mar 05 11:05:57 2022 +0000
tree 99c61b05a3986cb741ff507dddf3ca7e94bd7171
parent f78ee2b49f0b060c642764a620b4c55ab13af82e

patch 8.2.4508: Vim9: cannot assign to a global variable on the command line

Problem:    Vim9: cannot assign to a global variable on the command line.
Solution:   Allow using :vim9cmd for assignment on the command line.

src/evalvars.c

diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index 260c297..40e643b 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -754,12 +754,14 @@
     void
 ex_var(exarg_T *eap)
 {
+    char_u *p = eap->cmd;
+
     if (!in_vim9script())
     {
 	semsg(_(e_str_cannot_be_used_in_legacy_vim_script), ":var");
 	return;
     }
-    if (current_sctx.sc_sid == 0)
+    if (current_sctx.sc_sid == 0 && checkforcmd_noparen(&p, "var", 3))
     {
 	emsg(_(e_cannot_declare_variable_on_command_line));
 	return;