GDScript: Allow string keys on Lua-style dictionaries

Which is useful when the key isn't a valid identifier, such as keys with
spaces or numeric keys.

10 files changed, 48 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
index b0d0b02443..4f986cf29e 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ GDScriptCodeGenerator::Address GDScriptCompiler::_parse_expression(CodeGen &code
 						break;
 					case GDScriptParser::DictionaryNode::LUA_TABLE:
 						// Lua-style: key is an identifier interpreted as StringName.
-						StringName key = static_cast<const GDScriptParser::IdentifierNode *>(dn->elements[i].key)->name;
+						StringName key = dn->elements[i].key->reduced_value.operator StringName();
 						element = codegen.add_constant(key);
 						break;
 				}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index 19584ce194..42c06d8161 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -2472,8 +2472,13 @@ GDScriptParser::ExpressionNode *GDScriptParser::parse_dictionary(ExpressionNode
 
 			switch (dictionary->style) {
 				case DictionaryNode::LUA_TABLE:
-					if (key != nullptr && key->type != Node::IDENTIFIER) {
-						push_error("Expected identifier as LUA-style dictionary key.");
+					if (key != nullptr && key->type != Node::IDENTIFIER && key->type != Node::LITERAL) {
+						push_error("Expected identifier or string as LUA-style dictionary key.");
+						advance();
+						break;
+					}
+					if (key != nullptr && key->type == Node::LITERAL && static_cast<LiteralNode *>(key)->value.get_type() != Variant::STRING) {
+						push_error("Expected identifier or string as LUA-style dictionary key.");
 						advance();
 						break;
 					}
@@ -2487,7 +2492,11 @@ GDScriptParser::ExpressionNode *GDScriptParser::parse_dictionary(ExpressionNode
 					}
 					if (key != nullptr) {
 						key->is_constant = true;
-						key->reduced_value = static_cast<IdentifierNode *>(key)->name;
+						if (key->type == Node::IDENTIFIER) {
+							key->reduced_value = static_cast<IdentifierNode *>(key)->name;
+						} else if (key->type == Node::LITERAL) {
+							key->reduced_value = StringName(static_cast<LiteralNode *>(key)->value.operator String());
+						}
 					}
 					break;
 				case DictionaryNode::PYTHON_DICT:
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a922cd73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+func test():
+	var lua_dict = {
+		a = 1,
+		b = 2,
+		a = 3, # Duplicate isn't allowed.
+	}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffdfa56645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Key "a" was already used in this dictionary (at line 3).
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..933e737ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+func test():
+	var lua_dict_with_string = {
+		a = 1,
+		b = 2,
+		"a" = 3, # Duplicate isn't allowed.
+	}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffdfa56645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_lua_with_string.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Key "a" was already used in this dictionary (at line 3).
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b8c83e9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+func test():
+	var python_dict = {
+		"a": 1,
+		"b": 2,
+		"a": 3, # Duplicate isn't allowed.
+	}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffdfa56645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/dictionary_duplicate_key_python.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Key "a" was already used in this dictionary (at line 3).
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdd6de2348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+func test():
+	var lua_dict = {
+		a = 1,
+		"b" = 2, # Using strings are allowed too.
+		"with spaces" = 3, # Especially useful when key has spaces...
+		"2" = 4, # ... or invalid identifiers.
+	}
+
+	print(lua_dict)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..447d7e223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/parser/features/dictionary_lua_style.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+{2:4, a:1, b:2, with spaces:3}