vim-patch:8.2.3064: Vim9: in script cannot set item in uninitialized list (#25605)

Problem:    Vim9: in script cannot set item in uninitialized list.
Solution:   When a list is NULL allocate an empty one. (closes vim/vim#8461)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e65081d1b591f16dc6e380a830d87565c5eb7b03

Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/vimscript/null_spec.lua b/test/functional/vimscript/null_spec.lua
index 4ba5dd6b45..d4c36d835b 100644
--- a/test/functional/vimscript/null_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/vimscript/null_spec.lua
@@ -53,17 +53,13 @@ describe('NULL', function()
     end)
   end
   describe('list', function()
-    -- Incorrect behaviour
-    -- FIXME Should error out with different message
-    null_test('makes :unlet act as if it is not a list', ':unlet L[0]',
-              'Vim(unlet):E689: Can only index a List, Dictionary or Blob')
-
     -- Subjectable behaviour
-
     null_expr_test('is equal to empty list', 'L == []', 0, 1)
     null_expr_test('is equal to empty list (reverse order)', '[] == L', 0, 1)
 
     -- Correct behaviour
+    null_test('can be :unlet item with error message for empty list', ':unlet L[0]',
+              'Vim(unlet):E684: List index out of range: 0')
     null_expr_test('can be indexed with error message for empty list', 'L[0]',
                    'E684: List index out of range: 0', nil)
     null_expr_test('can be splice-indexed', 'L[:]', 0, {})