diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 69bc26b82e..8bd91ec9a2 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ char *get_lval(char *const name, typval_T *const rettv, lval_T *const lp, const
           key[len] = prevval;
         }
         if (wrong) {
+          tv_clear(&var1);
           return NULL;
         }
       }
@@ -4785,20 +4786,20 @@ void filter_map(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, int map)
   int save_did_emsg;
   int idx = 0;
 
+  // Always return the first argument, also on failure.
+  tv_copy(&argvars[0], rettv);
+
   if (argvars[0].v_type == VAR_BLOB) {
-    tv_copy(&argvars[0], rettv);
     if ((b = argvars[0].vval.v_blob) == NULL) {
       return;
     }
   } else if (argvars[0].v_type == VAR_LIST) {
-    tv_copy(&argvars[0], rettv);
     if ((l = argvars[0].vval.v_list) == NULL
         || (!map
             && var_check_lock(tv_list_locked(l), arg_errmsg, TV_TRANSLATE))) {
       return;
     }
   } else if (argvars[0].v_type == VAR_DICT) {
-    tv_copy(&argvars[0], rettv);
     if ((d = argvars[0].vval.v_dict) == NULL
         || (!map && var_check_lock(d->dv_lock, arg_errmsg, TV_TRANSLATE))) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/typval.c b/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
index 6bb390d793..3b513bfafb 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,9 @@ static int item_compare2(const void *s1, const void *s2, bool keep_zero)
   tv_clear(&argv[1]);
 
   if (res == FAIL) {
+    // XXX: ITEM_COMPARE_FAIL is unused
     res = ITEM_COMPARE_FAIL;
+    sortinfo->item_compare_func_err = true;
   } else {
     res = (int)tv_get_number_chk(&rettv, &sortinfo->item_compare_func_err);
     if (res > 0) {
@@ -1257,7 +1259,7 @@ static void do_sort_uniq(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, bool sort)
         } else {
           li = TV_LIST_ITEM_NEXT(l, li);
         }
-        if (info.item_compare_func_err) {  // -V547
+        if (info.item_compare_func_err) {
           emsg(_("E882: Uniq compare function failed"));
           break;
         }
@@ -2488,10 +2490,14 @@ bool tv_dict_equal(dict_T *const d1, dict_T *const d2, const bool ic, const bool
   if (d1 == d2) {
     return true;
   }
-  if (d1 == NULL || d2 == NULL) {
+  if (tv_dict_len(d1) != tv_dict_len(d2)) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (tv_dict_len(d1) != tv_dict_len(d2)) {
+  if (tv_dict_len(d1) == 0) {
+    // empty and NULL dicts are considered equal
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (d1 == NULL || d2 == NULL) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/userfunc.c b/src/nvim/eval/userfunc.c
index 4a62b4bf8d..7440044e52 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/userfunc.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/userfunc.c
@@ -1335,10 +1335,10 @@ void free_all_functions(void)
 /// @param[in]   len    length of "name", or -1 for NUL terminated.
 ///
 /// @return true if "name" looks like a builtin function name: starts with a
-/// lower case letter and doesn't contain AUTOLOAD_CHAR.
+/// lower case letter and doesn't contain AUTOLOAD_CHAR or ':'.
 static bool builtin_function(const char *name, int len)
 {
-  if (!ASCII_ISLOWER(name[0])) {
+  if (!ASCII_ISLOWER(name[0]) || name[1] == ':') {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_blob.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_blob.vim
index 513877580f..770b2d16ef 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_blob.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_blob.vim
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func Test_blob_add()
   call assert_equal(0z001122, b)
   call add(b, '51')
   call assert_equal(0z00112233, b)
+  call assert_equal(1, add(v:_null_blob, 0x22))
 
   call assert_fails('call add(b, [9])', 'E745:')
   call assert_fails('call add("", 0x01)', 'E897:')
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ endfunc
 
 " filter() item in blob
 func Test_blob_filter()
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_blob, filter(v:_null_blob, '0'))
   call assert_equal(0z, filter(0zDEADBEEF, '0'))
   call assert_equal(0zADBEEF, filter(0zDEADBEEF, 'v:val != 0xDE'))
   call assert_equal(0zDEADEF, filter(0zDEADBEEF, 'v:val != 0xBE'))
@@ -314,6 +316,9 @@ func Test_blob_insert()
   call assert_fails('call insert(b, -1)', 'E475:')
   call assert_fails('call insert(b, 257)', 'E475:')
   call assert_fails('call insert(b, 0, [9])', 'E745:')
+  call assert_fails('call insert(b, 0, -20)', 'E475:')
+  call assert_fails('call insert(b, 0, 20)', 'E475:')
+  call assert_fails('call insert(b, [])', 'E745:')
   call assert_equal(0, insert(v:_null_blob, 0x33))
 
   " Translated from v8.2.3284
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_expr.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_expr.vim
index c63a969e50..66660ab75e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_expr.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_expr.vim
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func Test_dict()
   call assert_equal('zero', d[0])
   call assert_true(has_key(d, ''))
   call assert_true(has_key(d, 'a'))
+  call assert_fails("let i = has_key([], 'a')", 'E715:')
 
   let d[''] = 'none'
   let d['a'] = 'aaa'
@@ -98,13 +99,6 @@ func Test_loop_over_null_list()
   endfor
 endfunc
 
-func Test_compare_null_dict()
-  call assert_fails('let x = v:_null_dict[10]')
-  call assert_equal({}, {})
-  call assert_equal(v:_null_dict, v:_null_dict)
-  call assert_notequal({}, v:_null_dict)
-endfunc
-
 func Test_set_reg_null_list()
   call setreg('x', v:_null_list)
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_filter_map.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_filter_map.vim
index 1cd3a2287b..c75177ea39 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_filter_map.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_filter_map.vim
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ func Test_map_filter_fails()
   call assert_fails('call filter([1], "42 +")', 'E15:')
   call assert_fails("let l = map('abc', '\"> \" . v:val')", 'E896:')
   call assert_fails("let l = filter('abc', '\"> \" . v:val')", 'E896:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = filter([1, 2, 3], '{}')", 'E728:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = filter({'k' : 10}, '{}')", 'E728:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = filter([1, 2], {})", 'E731:')
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_list, filter(v:_null_list, 0))
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_dict, filter(v:_null_dict, 0))
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_list, map(v:_null_list, '"> " .. v:val'))
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_dict, map(v:_null_dict, '"> " .. v:val'))
 endfunc
 
 func Test_map_and_modify()
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
index 8b30c53178..8f2a61e399 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ func Test_len()
   call assert_equal(2, len('ab'))
 
   call assert_equal(0, len([]))
+  call assert_equal(0, len(v:_null_list))
   call assert_equal(2, len([2, 1]))
 
   call assert_equal(0, len({}))
+  call assert_equal(0, len(v:_null_dict))
   call assert_equal(2, len({'a': 1, 'b': 2}))
 
   " call assert_fails('call len(v:none)', 'E701:')
@@ -771,6 +773,9 @@ func Test_append()
   split
   only
   undo
+
+  " Using $ instead of '$' must give an error
+  call assert_fails("call append($, 'foobar')", 'E116:')
 endfunc
 
 func Test_getbufvar()
@@ -2066,6 +2071,7 @@ func Test_range()
 
   " list2str()
   call assert_equal('ABC', list2str(range(65, 67)))
+  call assert_fails('let s = list2str(5)', 'E474:')
 
   " lock()
   let thelist = range(5)
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_let.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_let.vim
index 89cf4b5498..937076aa2a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_let.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_let.vim
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ func Test_let_errors()
   call assert_fails('let &buftype[1] = "nofile"', 'E18:')
   let s = "var"
   let var = 1
+  call assert_fails('let var += [1,2]', 'E734:')
   call assert_fails('let {s}.1 = 2', 'E18:')
   call assert_fails('let a[1] = 5', 'E121:')
   let l = [[1,2]]
@@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ func Test_let_errors()
   call assert_fails('let l[0:1] = [1, 2, 3]', 'E710:')
   call assert_fails('let l[-2:-3] = [3, 4]', 'E684:')
   call assert_fails('let l[0:4] = [5, 6]', 'E711:')
+  call assert_fails('let g:["a;b"] = 10', 'E461:')
+  call assert_fails('let g:.min = function("max")', 'E704:')
 
   " This test works only when the language is English
   if v:lang == "C" || v:lang =~ '^[Ee]n'
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_listdict.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_listdict.vim
index 3b5ed27f5e..f7261b2055 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_listdict.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_listdict.vim
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func Test_list_slice()
   call assert_equal([1, 'as''d', [1, 2, function('strlen')], {'a': 1}], l[0:8])
   call assert_equal([], l[8:-1])
   call assert_equal([], l[0:-10])
+  " perform an operation on a list slice
+  let l = [1, 2, 3]
+  let l[:1] += [1, 2]
+  let l[2:] -= [1]
+  call assert_equal([2, 4, 2], l)
 endfunc
 
 " List identity
@@ -146,6 +151,20 @@ func Test_list_func_remove()
   call assert_fails("call remove(l, l)", 'E745:')
 endfunc
 
+" List add() function
+func Test_list_add()
+  let l = []
+  call add(l, 1)
+  call add(l, [2, 3])
+  call add(l, [])
+  call add(l, v:_null_list)
+  call add(l, {'k' : 3})
+  call add(l, {})
+  call add(l, v:_null_dict)
+  call assert_equal([1, [2, 3], [], [], {'k' : 3}, {}, {}], l)
+  " call assert_equal(1, add(v:_null_list, 4))
+endfunc
+
 " Tests for Dictionary type
 
 func Test_dict()
@@ -169,6 +188,19 @@ func Test_dict()
   call filter(d, 'v:key =~ ''[ac391]''')
   call assert_equal({'c': 'ccc', '1': 99, '3': 33, '-1': {'a': 1}}, d)
 
+  " duplicate key
+  call assert_fails("let d = {'k' : 10, 'k' : 20}", 'E721:')
+  " missing comma
+  call assert_fails("let d = {'k' : 10 'k' : 20}", 'E722:')
+  " missing curly brace
+  call assert_fails("let d = {'k' : 10,", 'E723:')
+  " invalid key
+  call assert_fails('let d = #{++ : 10}', 'E15:')
+  " wrong type for key
+  call assert_fails('let d={[] : 10}', 'E730:')
+  " undefined variable as value
+  call assert_fails("let d={'k' : i}", 'E121:')
+
   " allow key starting with number at the start, not a curly expression
   call assert_equal({'1foo': 77}, #{1foo: 77})
 
@@ -269,7 +301,7 @@ func Test_script_local_dict_func()
   unlet g:dict
 endfunc
 
-" Test removing items in la dictionary
+" Test removing items in a dictionary
 func Test_dict_func_remove()
   let d = {1:'a', 2:'b', 3:'c'}
   call assert_equal('b', remove(d, 2))
@@ -643,6 +675,9 @@ func Test_reverse_sort_uniq()
 
   call assert_fails('call reverse("")', 'E899:')
   call assert_fails('call uniq([1, 2], {x, y -> []})', 'E882:')
+  call assert_fails("call sort([1, 2], function('min'), 1)", "E715:")
+  call assert_fails("call sort([1, 2], function('invalid_func'))", "E700:")
+  call assert_fails("call sort([1, 2], function('min'))", "E702:")
 endfunc
 
 " reduce a list or a blob
@@ -690,7 +725,7 @@ func Test_reduce()
   call assert_equal(42, reduce(v:_null_blob, function('add'), 42))
 endfunc
 
-" splitting a string to a List
+" splitting a string to a List using split()
 func Test_str_split()
   call assert_equal(['aa', 'bb'], split('  aa  bb '))
   call assert_equal(['aa', 'bb'], split('  aa  bb  ', '\W\+', 0))
@@ -942,6 +977,14 @@ func Test_listdict_index()
   call assert_fails("let v = range(5)[2:[]]", 'E730:')
   call assert_fails("let v = range(5)[2:{-> 2}(]", 'E116:')
   call assert_fails("let v = range(5)[2:3", 'E111:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = insert([1,2,3], 4, 10)", 'E684:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = insert([1,2,3], 4, -10)", 'E684:')
+  call assert_fails("let l = insert([1,2,3], 4, [])", 'E745:')
+  let l = [1, 2, 3]
+  call assert_fails("let l[i] = 3", 'E121:')
+  call assert_fails("let l[1.1] = 4", 'E806:')
+  call assert_fails("let l[:i] = [4, 5]", 'E121:')
+  call assert_fails("let l[:3.2] = [4, 5]", 'E806:')
 endfunc
 
 " Test for a null list
@@ -981,4 +1024,20 @@ func Test_null_list()
   unlockvar l
 endfunc
 
+" Test for a null dict
+func Test_null_dict()
+  call assert_equal(v:_null_dict, v:_null_dict)
+  let d = v:_null_dict
+  call assert_equal({}, d)
+  call assert_equal(0, len(d))
+  call assert_equal(1, empty(d))
+  call assert_equal(0, items(d))
+  call assert_equal(0, keys(d))
+  call assert_equal(0, values(d))
+  call assert_false(has_key(d, 'k'))
+  call assert_equal('{}', string(d))
+  call assert_fails('let x = v:_null_dict[10]')
+  call assert_equal({}, {})
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_sort.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_sort.vim
index 9895ad754c..c3e7788164 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_sort.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_sort.vim
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func Test_sort_default()
   call assert_equal(['2', 'A', 'AA', 'a', 1, 3.3], sort([3.3, 1, "2", "A", "a", "AA"], ''))
   call assert_equal(['2', 'A', 'AA', 'a', 1, 3.3], sort([3.3, 1, "2", "A", "a", "AA"], 0))
   call assert_equal(['2', 'A', 'a', 'AA', 1, 3.3], sort([3.3, 1, "2", "A", "a", "AA"], 1))
-  call assert_fails('call sort([3.3, 1, "2"], 3)', "E474")
+  call assert_fails('call sort([3.3, 1, "2"], 3)', "E474:")
 endfunc
 
 " Tests for the ":sort" command.
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_syntax.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_syntax.vim
index ccff01486e..9b4293764d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_syntax.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_syntax.vim
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ func Test_syntax_list()
   let a = execute('syntax list')
   call assert_equal("\nNo Syntax items defined for this buffer", a)
 
+  syntax keyword Type int containedin=g1 skipwhite skipempty skipnl nextgroup=Abc
+  let exp = "Type           xxx containedin=g1  nextgroup=Abc  skipnl skipwhite skipempty int"
+  call assert_equal(exp, split(execute("syntax list"), "\n")[1])
+
   bd
 endfunc
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_unlet.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_unlet.vim
index acf98bb1fc..4779d17906 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_unlet.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_unlet.vim
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func Test_unlet_fails()
   call assert_fails("unlet l['k'", 'E111:')
   let d = {'k' : 1}
   call assert_fails("unlet d.k2", 'E716:')
+  call assert_fails("unlet {a};", 'E488:')
 endfunc
 
 func Test_unlet_env()
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_usercommands.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_usercommands.vim
index a3070d6517..5b8b384bae 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_usercommands.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_usercommands.vim
@@ -623,17 +623,17 @@ func Test_usercmd_custom()
     return "a\nb\n"
   endfunc
   command -nargs=* -complete=customlist,T1 TCmd1
-  call feedkeys(":T1 \<C-A>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'xt')
-  call assert_equal('"T1 ', @:)
+  call feedkeys(":TCmd1 \<C-A>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal('"TCmd1 ', @:)
   delcommand TCmd1
   delfunc T1
 
   func T2(a, c, p)
-    return ['a', 'b', 'c']
+    return {}
   endfunc
   command -nargs=* -complete=customlist,T2 TCmd2
-  call feedkeys(":T2 \<C-A>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'xt')
-  call assert_equal('"T2 ', @:)
+  call feedkeys(":TCmd2 \<C-A>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal('"TCmd2 ', @:)
   delcommand TCmd2
   delfunc T2
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_utf8.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_utf8.vim
index ab3503c282..7145d303cc 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_utf8.vim
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@ func Test_list2str_str2list_latin1()
 
   let save_encoding = &encoding
   " set encoding=latin1
-
+  
   let lres = str2list(s, 1)
   let sres = list2str(l, 1)
+  call assert_equal([65, 66, 67], str2list("ABC"))
+
+  " Try converting a list to a string in latin-1 encoding
+  call assert_equal([1, 2, 3], str2list(list2str([1, 2, 3])))
 
   let &encoding = save_encoding
   call assert_equal(l, lres)
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_vimscript.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_vimscript.vim
index 7a75d0e88a..a9fd7a4bef 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_vimscript.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_vimscript.vim
@@ -1658,6 +1658,20 @@ func Test_compound_assignment_operators()
       call assert_fails('let x .= "f"', 'E734')
       let x = !3.14
       call assert_equal(0.0, x)
+
+      " integer and float operations
+      let x = 1
+      let x *= 2.1
+      call assert_equal(2.1, x)
+      let x = 1
+      let x /= 0.25
+      call assert_equal(4.0, x)
+      let x = 1
+      call assert_fails('let x %= 0.25', 'E734:')
+      let x = 1
+      call assert_fails('let x .= 0.25', 'E734:')
+      let x = 1.0
+      call assert_fails('let x += [1.1]', 'E734:')
     endif
 
     " Test for environment variable
@@ -1839,6 +1853,9 @@ func Test_missing_end()
 
   " Missing 'in' in a :for statement
   call assert_fails('for i range(1) | endfor', 'E690:')
+
+  " Incorrect number of variables in for
+  call assert_fails('for [i,] in range(3) | endfor', 'E475:')
 endfunc
 
 " Test for deep nesting of if/for/while/try statements              {{{1
@@ -1958,6 +1975,86 @@ func Test_float_conversion_errors()
   endif
 endfunc
 
+func Test_invalid_function_names()
+  " function name not starting with capital
+  let caught_e128 = 0
+  try
+    func! g:test()
+      echo "test"
+    endfunc
+  catch /E128:/
+    let caught_e128 = 1
+  endtry
+  call assert_equal(1, caught_e128)
+
+  " function name includes a colon
+  let caught_e884 = 0
+  try
+    func! b:test()
+      echo "test"
+    endfunc
+  catch /E884:/
+    let caught_e884 = 1
+  endtry
+  call assert_equal(1, caught_e884)
+
+  " function name folowed by #
+  let caught_e128 = 0
+  try
+    func! test2() "#
+      echo "test2"
+    endfunc
+  catch /E128:/
+    let caught_e128 = 1
+  endtry
+  call assert_equal(1, caught_e128)
+
+  " function name starting with/without "g:", buffer-local funcref.
+  function! g:Foo(n)
+    return 'called Foo(' . a:n . ')'
+  endfunction
+  let b:my_func = function('Foo')
+  call assert_equal('called Foo(1)', b:my_func(1))
+  call assert_equal('called Foo(2)', g:Foo(2))
+  call assert_equal('called Foo(3)', Foo(3))
+  delfunc g:Foo
+
+  " script-local function used in Funcref must exist.
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    func s:Testje()
+      return "foo"
+    endfunc
+    let Bar = function('s:Testje')
+    call assert_equal(0, exists('s:Testje'))
+    call assert_equal(1, exists('*s:Testje'))
+    call assert_equal(1, exists('Bar'))
+    call assert_equal(1, exists('*Bar'))
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'Xscript')
+  source Xscript
+  call delete('Xscript')
+endfunc
+
+" substring and variable name
+func Test_substring_var()
+  let str = 'abcdef'
+  let n = 3
+  call assert_equal('def', str[n:])
+  call assert_equal('abcd', str[:n])
+  call assert_equal('d', str[n:n])
+  unlet n
+  let nn = 3
+  call assert_equal('def', str[nn:])
+  call assert_equal('abcd', str[:nn])
+  call assert_equal('d', str[nn:nn])
+  unlet nn
+  let b:nn = 4
+  call assert_equal('ef', str[b:nn:])
+  call assert_equal('abcde', str[:b:nn])
+  call assert_equal('e', str[b:nn:b:nn])
+  unlet b:nn
+endfunc
+
 func Test_for_over_string()
   let res = ''
   for c in 'aéc̀d'
diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/eval_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/eval_spec.lua
index 05d853622e..b5e45a86c1 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/eval_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/eval_spec.lua
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ describe('eval', function()
   end)
 
   it('function name includes a colon', function()
-    eq('Vim(function):E128: Function name must start with a capital or "s:": b:test()\\nendfunction',
+    eq('Vim(function):E884: Function name cannot contain a colon: b:test()\\nendfunction',
        exc_exec(dedent([[
         function! b:test()
         endfunction]])))
diff --git a/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua b/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
index 6387f89fe4..34dbf592a5 100644
--- a/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
+++ b/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
@@ -2253,8 +2253,8 @@ describe('typval.c', function()
         local d1 = dict()
         alloc_log:check({a.dict(d1)})
         eq(1, d1.dv_refcount)
-        eq(false, tv_dict_equal(nil, d1))
-        eq(false, tv_dict_equal(d1, nil))
+        eq(true, tv_dict_equal(nil, d1))
+        eq(true, tv_dict_equal(d1, nil))
         eq(true, tv_dict_equal(d1, d1))
         eq(1, d1.dv_refcount)
         alloc_log:check({})
@@ -2721,8 +2721,8 @@ describe('typval.c', function()
         local d1 = lua2typvalt({})
         alloc_log:check({a.dict(d1.vval.v_dict)})
         eq(1, d1.vval.v_dict.dv_refcount)
-        eq(false, tv_equal(nd, d1))
-        eq(false, tv_equal(d1, nd))
+        eq(true, tv_equal(nd, d1))
+        eq(true, tv_equal(d1, nd))
         eq(true, tv_equal(d1, d1))
         eq(1, d1.vval.v_dict.dv_refcount)
         alloc_log:check({})