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| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/semobjconstr.nim | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim index 56d160aa4..a0bf084fa 100644 --- a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim +++ b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ proc mergeInitStatus(existing: var InitStatus, newStatus: InitStatus) = of initUnknown: discard +proc invalidObjConstr(n: PNode) = + if n.kind == nkInfix and n[0].kind == nkIdent and n[0].ident.s[0] == ':': + localError(n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax; use a space after the colon") + else: + localError(n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax") + proc locateFieldInInitExpr(field: PSym, initExpr: PNode): PNode = # Returns the assignment nkExprColonExpr node or nil let fieldId = field.name.id for i in 1 ..< initExpr.len: let assignment = initExpr[i] if assignment.kind != nkExprColonExpr: - localError(initExpr.info, "incorrect object construction syntax") + invalidObjConstr(assignment) continue if fieldId == considerQuotedIdent(assignment[0]).id: @@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ proc semObjConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode = let field = result[i] if nfSem notin field.flags: if field.kind != nkExprColonExpr: - localError(n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax") + invalidObjConstr(field) continue let id = considerQuotedIdent(field[0]) # This node was not processed. There are two possible reasons: |