Failure using "g:" as a dict

[Ernie Rael]

Doing

vim -c 'vim9cmd g:["my-output-dir"] = "vglob-dir"'

give this error

Error detected while processing command line:
E461: Illegal variable name: my-output-dir

Turns out

vim9script
g:["foo-bar"] = "baz"

also fails.

-ernie

[Bram Moolenaar]

Both errors are intended: You cannot use a dash in a variable name.

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[Ernie Rael]

On 23/03/31 11:33 AM, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>> Doing
>>
>> vim -c 'vim9cmd g:["my-output-dir"] = "vglob-dir"'
>>
>> give this error
>>
>> Error detected while processing command line:
>> E461: Illegal variable name: my-output-dir
>>
>> Turns out
>>
>> vim9script
>> g:["foo-bar"] = "baz"
>>
>> also fails.
> Both errors are intended: You cannot use a dash in a variable name.
>

OK. So "g:" can be treated as a dictionary as a convenience.
It's not really a dictionary.

-ernie