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| author | ringabout <43030857+ringabout@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-02-21 18:46:50 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-02-21 11:46:50 +0100 |
| commit | bdc850916fb5d23fa4b9282309985e0fdfb0db36 (patch) | |
| tree | c1b423a7743c5f145f52ca6472bdf1efcfb22e8a | |
| parent | ffd6bc87495ede82f9a8086d38c3348a40b11672 (diff) | |
| download | Nim-bdc850916fb5d23fa4b9282309985e0fdfb0db36.tar.gz | |
improve invalid module names errors (#21412)
I have seen these questions: "Why I got an invalid module name errors?". To eliminate this kind of questions, We might improve th error messages. Though, the question might evolve into "What is a valid Nim identifier", which should be more searchable on the Internet.
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/modules.nim | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/modules.nim b/compiler/modules.nim index 7f6ff8622..838a89d83 100644 --- a/compiler/modules.nim +++ b/compiler/modules.nim @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ proc newModule(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym = name: getModuleIdent(graph, filename), info: newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1)) if not isNimIdentifier(result.name.s): - rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "invalid module name: " & result.name.s) + rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "invalid module name: '" & result.name.s & + "'; a module name must be a valid Nim identifier.") partialInitModule(result, graph, fileIdx, filename) graph.registerModule(result) |