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authorAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2019-07-09 09:35:44 +0200
committerAraq <rumpf_a@web.de>2019-07-09 11:38:00 +0200
commit7c62de0cb729185fb679bc53b52549cae7ab9fcc (patch)
treeb7ae3f45e57ec716b3edc0fe27150d9a668b96a6 /compiler
parent11dad688fea4033417c17c5e5b8e3c61ddb51da8 (diff)
downloadNim-7c62de0cb729185fb679bc53b52549cae7ab9fcc.tar.gz
better error message for invalid types
Diffstat (limited to 'compiler')
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypes.nim4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 3954fa2d1..351aa588d 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)