Created by [CecilWesterhof].

Default you cannot check if something is a dict, That is why I thought it a good idea to write a proc for it.

A simple check is to check if something is a list and if so if the list contains an even number of elements.

But I find this not good enough, because this would validate:
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{[} \] {[} \]
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In my opinion this is not a correct dict. (Opinions differ about this.) It can certainly not be created with dict operations. And when doing:
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dict set d \{ }
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The list is cleaned up and you get:
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{[} \] \{ \}
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That is why I check if the length of the list is two times the number of the keys.
The code becomes:
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proc isDict {d} {
    expr {[string is list $d]      && \
              ! ([llength $d] % 2) && \
              ((2 * [llength [dict keys $d]]) == [llength $d])}
}
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As always: comments, tips and questions are appreciated.

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