digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 14320] New: Improve diagnostic message for "undefined
- via Digitalmars-d-bugs (42/42) Mar 23 2015 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14320
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14320 Issue ID: 14320 Summary: Improve diagnostic message for "undefined identifier" error Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Keywords: diagnostic Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: DMD Assignee: nobody puremagic.com Reporter: k.hara.pg gmail.com -- gui/widgget.d ----- module gui.widget; class Style {} // originally existed in gui.style class Widget { Style style() {} void layoutChildren(bool fit, Widget positionReference) {} } ---- -- controls/tree.d --- module controls.tree; import gui.widget; class Tree : Widget { override void layoutChildren(bool fit, Widget positionReference) { gui.style.Style st = style; // line 9 } } ---- The error diagnostic is: controls/tree.d(9): Error: undefined identifier 'style' It actually explains the unexistent of module 'gui.style' in package 'gui', but it sounds like the explanation for the invisibility of Widget.style() function. I think it should be improved as follows: controls/tree.d(9): Error: undefined identifier 'gui.style' in package 'gui' --
Mar 23 2015