patch 9.1.0329: String interpolation fails for Dict type

Problem:  String interpolation fails for Dict type
Solution: Support Dict data type properly, also support :put =Dict
          (without having to convert it to string() first)
          (Yegappan Lakshmanan)

fixes: #14529
closes: #14541

Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index e4c8bae..d81ef17 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@
 
 /*
  * Convert "tv" to a string.
- * When "convert" is TRUE convert a List into a sequence of lines.
+ * When "convert" is TRUE convert a List into a sequence of lines and a Dict
+ * into a textual representation of the Dict.
  * Returns an allocated string (NULL when out of memory).
  */
     char_u *
@@ -596,6 +597,8 @@
 	ga_append(&ga, NUL);
 	retval = (char_u *)ga.ga_data;
     }
+    else if (convert && tv->v_type == VAR_DICT)
+	retval = dict2string(tv, get_copyID(), FALSE);
     else
 	retval = vim_strsave(tv_get_string(tv));
     return retval;
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_edit.vim b/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
index cdf2097..789e44c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
@@ -1962,8 +1962,8 @@
 
   let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', #{rows: 6, cols: 60})
 
-  " trying to insert a dictionary produces an error
-  call term_sendkeys(buf, "i\<C-R>={}\<CR>")
+  " trying to insert a blob produces an error
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "i\<C-R>=0z\<CR>")
 
   " ending Insert mode should put the cursor back on the ':'
   call term_sendkeys(buf, ":\<Esc>")
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_expr.vim b/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
index c1869c1..1fa460d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_expr.vim
@@ -950,6 +950,10 @@
     endif
     call assert_equal(0, tmp)
 
+    #" Dict interpolation
+    VAR d = {'a': 10, 'b': [1, 2]}
+    call assert_equal("{'a': 10, 'b': [1, 2]}", $'{d}')
+
     #" Stray closing brace.
     call assert_fails('echo $"moo}"', 'E1278:')
     #" Undefined variable in expansion.
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_let.vim b/src/testdir/test_let.vim
index 17f78ea..fec0273 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_let.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_let.vim
@@ -689,6 +689,13 @@
   END
   call assert_equal(['let a = {abc}', 'let b = X', 'let c = {'], code)
 
+  " Evaluate a dictionary
+  let d1 = #{a: 10, b: 'ss', c: {}}
+  let code =<< eval trim END
+    let d2 = {d1}
+  END
+  call assert_equal(["let d2 = {'a': 10, 'b': 'ss', 'c': {}}"], code)
+
   let code = 'xxx'
   let code =<< eval trim END
     let n = {5 +
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_put.vim b/src/testdir/test_put.vim
index 5b5c354..6f1e992 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_put.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_put.vim
Binary files differ
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
index 0beaa44..4da368c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
@@ -2984,6 +2984,16 @@
   CODE
   v9.CheckDefAndScriptSuccess(lines)
 
+  # Evaluate a dictionary
+  lines =<< trim CODE
+    var d1 = {'a': 10, 'b': [1, 2]}
+    var code =<< trim eval END
+      var d2 = {d1}
+    END
+    assert_equal(["var d2 = {'a': 10, 'b': [1, 2]}"], code)
+  CODE
+  v9.CheckDefAndScriptSuccess(lines)
+
   lines =<< trim CODE
     var code =<< eval trim END
       var s = "{$SOME_ENV_VAR}"
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 957475d..91a3d61 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    329,
+/**/
     328,
 /**/
     327,
diff --git a/src/vim9execute.c b/src/vim9execute.c
index 2d128e0..b3e8939 100644
--- a/src/vim9execute.c
+++ b/src/vim9execute.c
@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@
 	    case VAR_BOOL:
 	    case VAR_NUMBER:
 	    case VAR_FLOAT:
+	    case VAR_DICT:
 	    case VAR_BLOB:	break;
 
 	    case VAR_LIST:
diff --git a/src/vim9instr.c b/src/vim9instr.c
index a2179f3..48ebf1a 100644
--- a/src/vim9instr.c
+++ b/src/vim9instr.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 
 	// conversion possible when tolerant
 	case VAR_LIST:
+	case VAR_DICT:
 			 if (tolerant)
 			 {
 			     isntype = ISN_2STRING_ANY;
@@ -234,7 +235,6 @@
 	case VAR_BLOB:
 	case VAR_FUNC:
 	case VAR_PARTIAL:
-	case VAR_DICT:
 	case VAR_JOB:
 	case VAR_CHANNEL:
 	case VAR_INSTR: