patch 8.2.2336: Vim9: not possible to extend dictionary with different type
Problem: Vim9: it is not possible to extend a dictionary with different
item types.
Solution: Add extendnew(). (closes #7666)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 7848534..d31ba2d 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2524,6 +2524,9 @@
expandcmd({expr}) String expand {expr} like with `:edit`
extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1}
+extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
+ List/Dict like |extend()| but creates a new
+ List or Dictionary
feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) Number add key sequence to typeahead buffer
filereadable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a readable file
filewritable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a writable file
@@ -4520,6 +4523,13 @@
mylist->extend(otherlist)
+extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extendnew()*
+ Like |extend()| but instead of adding items to {expr1} a new
+ List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains
+ unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you
+ don't want that use |deepcopy()| first.
+
+
feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) *feedkeys()*
Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they
come from a mapping or were typed by the user.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
index 7d4e3a2..624bb93 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@
insert() insert an item somewhere in a List
add() append an item to a List
extend() append a List to a List
+ extendnew() make a new List and append items
remove() remove one or more items from a List
copy() make a shallow copy of a List
deepcopy() make a full copy of a List
@@ -669,6 +670,7 @@
empty() check if Dictionary is empty
remove() remove an entry from a Dictionary
extend() add entries from one Dictionary to another
+ extendnew() make a new Dictionary and append items
filter() remove selected entries from a Dictionary
map() change each Dictionary entry
mapnew() make a new Dictionary with changed items