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authorAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-11-22 23:18:26 +0100
committerAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-11-22 23:19:12 +0100
commit2f17be9c22d7bd4c31433d6a81ac38982e0e6c1b (patch)
treee13182e1eed4ffa1f5de8a95bb7d43814d1b6993
parenta0a460d682d279ae0294c367f8309334a802d68b (diff)
downloadNim-2f17be9c22d7bd4c31433d6a81ac38982e0e6c1b.tar.gz
improve error message for bug #6788
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypes.nim5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index b2c6efc37..9682a33d5 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -235,7 +235,10 @@ proc semRange(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
           n.sons[1].floatVal < 0.0:
         incl(result.flags, tfNeedsInit)
     else:
-      localError(n.sons[0].info, errRangeExpected)
+      if n[1].kind == nkInfix and considerQuotedIdent(n[1][0]).s == "..<":
+        localError(n[0].info, "range types need to be constructed with '..', '..<' is not supported")
+      else:
+        localError(n.sons[0].info, errRangeExpected)
       result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   else:
     localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, "range")