From 7c62de0cb729185fb679bc53b52549cae7ab9fcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Araq Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 09:35:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] better error message for invalid types --- compiler/semtypes.nim | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim index 3954fa2d1e..351aa588df 100644 --- a/compiler/semtypes.nim +++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim @@ -1750,7 +1750,9 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType = markUsed(c.config, n.info, n.sym, c.graph.usageSym) onUse(n.info, n.sym) else: - if s.kind != skError: localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected) + if s.kind != skError: + localError(c.config, n.info, "type expected, but got symbol '$1' of kind '$2'" % + [s.name.s, substr($s.kind, 2)]) result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c) of nkObjectTy: result = semObjectNode(c, n, prev, isInheritable=false) of nkTupleTy: result = semTuple(c, n, prev)