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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.097
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+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.097
+Problem:    Using ":call" inside "if 0" does not see that a function returns a
+	    Dict and gives error for "." as string concatenation.
+Solution:   Use eval0() to skip over the expression.  (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
+Files:	    src/eval.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.096/src/eval.c	2010-12-17 18:06:00.000000000 +0100
+--- src/eval.c	2011-01-04 18:54:27.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 3335,3340 ****
+--- 3335,3349 ----
+      int		failed = FALSE;
+      funcdict_T	fudi;
+  
++     if (eap->skip)
++     {
++ 	/* trans_function_name() doesn't work well when skipping, use eval0()
++ 	 * instead to skip to any following command, e.g. for:
++ 	 *   :if 0 | call dict.foo().bar() | endif  */
++ 	eval0(eap->arg, &rettv, &eap->nextcmd, FALSE);
++ 	return;
++     }
++ 
+      tofree = trans_function_name(&arg, eap->skip, TFN_INT, &fudi);
+      if (fudi.fd_newkey != NULL)
+      {
+*** ../vim-7.3.096/src/version.c	2011-01-04 18:11:39.000000000 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2011-01-04 19:00:21.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 716,717 ****
+--- 716,719 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     97,
+  /**/
+
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