commit 8deb2b30c77035bb682ccf80b781455ac1d6038b
author Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com> Fri Sep 02 15:15:27 2022 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Fri Sep 02 15:15:27 2022 +0100
tree 66a1d18ad9971c123f42bd7879c56706e19be73b
parent 119167265ebc7eced210a7f8ed2f4b90378f98f1

patch 9.0.0359: error message for wrong argument type is not specific

Problem:    Error message for wrong argument type is not specific.
Solution:   Include more information in the error. (Yegappan Lakshmanan,
            closes #11037)

src/cmdexpand.c

diff --git a/src/cmdexpand.c b/src/cmdexpand.c
index bfa3053..57bf47a 100644
--- a/src/cmdexpand.c
+++ b/src/cmdexpand.c
@@ -3679,11 +3679,8 @@
 	return;
 
     pat = tv_get_string(&argvars[0]);
-    if (argvars[1].v_type != VAR_STRING)
-    {
-	semsg(_(e_invalid_argument_str), "type must be a string");
+    if (check_for_string_arg(argvars, 1) == FAIL)
 	return;
-    }
     type = tv_get_string(&argvars[1]);
 
     if (argvars[2].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN)