@yuneta/gobj-js 7.25.6 → 7.25.7

package/README.md

@@ -558,7 +558,11 @@ kw_get_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, default_value, flag)
 // KW_EXTRACT takes out only a value the reader answers with: a value
 // of another type stays in the kw.
 
-kw_set_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, value)
+kw_set_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, value)                 // 0, or -1 logged
+// A middle segment that is null or a scalar cannot hold the path:
+// kw_set_dict_value() logs and answers -1, the kw is left as it was,
+// and a reader with KW_CREATE answers its default (as C):
+//   kw_get_int(gobj, {a: null}, "a`b", 5, KW_CREATE) → 5, kw unchanged
 kw_set_subdict_value(gobj, kw, path, key, value)
 
 kw_match_simple(kw, filter)                              // → boolean

package/dist/gobj-js.cjs.js

@@ -3978,7 +3978,12 @@ function kw_set_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, value) {
 		let key = ss[i];
 		if (i === len - 1) kw[key] = value;
 		else {
-			if (kw[key] === void 0) kw[key] = {};
+			let seg = kw[key];
+			if (seg === void 0) kw[key] = {};
+			else if (!is_object(seg) && !is_array(seg)) {
+				log_error(`${gobj ? gobj_short_name(gobj) + ": " : ""}kw_set_dict_value(): segment '${key}' is not a dict or a list: '${path}'`);
+				return -1;
+			}
 			kw = kw[key];
 		}
 	}