digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 15868] New: Inappropriate error message: "base type must be
- via Digitalmars-d-bugs (35/35) Apr 03 2016 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15868
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15868 Issue ID: 15868 Summary: Inappropriate error message: "base type must be class or interface" (and it is) Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: x86_64 OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: minor Priority: P1 Component: dmd Assignee: nobody puremagic.com Reporter: andy.pj.hanson gmail.com This bug requires multiple modules to reproduce. app.d: import cls : Cls; void main() {} cls.d: import ifc : Ifc; class Cls : Ifc {} ifc.d: import cls : Cls; interface Ifc {} // This class causes the error, // but it isn't mentioned in the error message. class ClsHolder {Cls.Cls cls;} The error message is: src/cls.d(2,1): Error: class cls.Cls base type must be class or interface, not Ifc A better message would be something like: `src/ifc.d(6,20): Error: symbol Cls.Cls not found.` (The error will disappear if ClsHolder is changed from using `Cls.Cls` to just `Cls`.) --
Apr 03 2016