updated for version 7.0-086
diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index 2e87373..6c102d9 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -3426,8 +3426,10 @@
|| dict_add_nr_str(dict, "col", (long)qfp->qf_col, NULL) == FAIL
|| dict_add_nr_str(dict, "vcol", (long)qfp->qf_viscol, NULL) == FAIL
|| dict_add_nr_str(dict, "nr", (long)qfp->qf_nr, NULL) == FAIL
- || dict_add_nr_str(dict, "pattern", 0L, qfp->qf_pattern) == FAIL
- || dict_add_nr_str(dict, "text", 0L, qfp->qf_text) == FAIL
+ || dict_add_nr_str(dict, "pattern", 0L,
+ qfp->qf_pattern == NULL ? (char_u *)"" : qfp->qf_pattern) == FAIL
+ || dict_add_nr_str(dict, "text", 0L,
+ qfp->qf_text == NULL ? (char_u *)"" : qfp->qf_text) == FAIL
|| dict_add_nr_str(dict, "type", 0L, buf) == FAIL
|| dict_add_nr_str(dict, "valid", (long)qfp->qf_valid, NULL) == FAIL)
return FAIL;