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-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)