From 00fb60d3d96877935012a4cc9cbd39525dc52d17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gingerBill <bill@gingerbill.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:48:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #4115 Add `Suggestion: 'typeid_of(T)'`

---
 src/check_expr.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/check_expr.cpp b/src/check_expr.cpp
index 8e16bd0e9..a2500048e 100644
--- a/src/check_expr.cpp
+++ b/src/check_expr.cpp
@@ -1180,11 +1180,15 @@ gb_internal void check_assignment(CheckerContext *c, Operand *operand, Type *typ
 				      LIT(article),
 				      LIT(context_name));
 			} else {
+				ERROR_BLOCK();
 				error(operand->expr,
 				      "Cannot assign '%s', a type, to %.*s%.*s",
 				      op_type_str,
 				      LIT(article),
 				      LIT(context_name));
+				if (type && are_types_identical(type, t_any)) {
+					error_line("\tSuggestion: 'typeid_of(%s)'", expr_str);
+				}
 			}
 			break;
 		default: