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Diffstat (limited to 'compiler/semstmts.nim')
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/semstmts.nim | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim index 6e5b272de..07cae5d04 100644 --- a/compiler/semstmts.nim +++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim @@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode = var def: PNode if a.sons[length-1].kind != nkEmpty: def = semExprWithType(c, a.sons[length-1], {efAllowDestructor}) + if def.typ.kind == tyTypeDesc and c.p.owner.kind != skMacro: + # prevent the all too common 'var x = int' bug: + localError(def.info, "'typedesc' metatype is not valid here; typed '=' instead of ':'?") + def.typ = errorType(c) if typ != nil: if typ.isMetaType: def = inferWithMetatype(c, typ, def) |