• Shriramana Sharma via Digitalmars-d-learn (17/17) Oct 25 2014 Hello. Please see the following and say whether they're OK to submit
• bearophile (4/10) Oct 25 2014 I like this.
• Steven Schveighoffer (6/21) Oct 25 2014 I think both are clearer, please submit bugs!

Shriramana Sharma via Digitalmars-d-learn writes:

Hello. Please see the following and say whether they're OK to submit
as bugs for improving the error messages. Thanks.

ref int foo(ref int x) { return x ; }

void main () {
    foo(3) ;
// Error: function rvalue_argument.foo (ref int x) is not callable
using argument types (int)
// Comment: "argument ref int x of function rvalue_argument.foo cannot
bind to an rvalue" would be clearer IMO

    int i ;
    ref ir = i ;
// Error: variable ref_type.main.ir only parameters or foreach
declarations can be ref
// Comment: add ", return values" after "parameters"
}


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"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Shriramana Sharma:

     int i ;
     ref ir = i ;
 // Error: variable ref_type.main.ir only parameters or foreach
 declarations can be ref
 // Comment: add ", return values" after "parameters"
 }

I like this.

Bye,
bearophile

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:

On 10/25/14 7:44 AM, Shriramana Sharma via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
 Hello. Please see the following and say whether they're OK to submit
 as bugs for improving the error messages. Thanks.

 ref int foo(ref int x) { return x ; }

 void main () {
      foo(3) ;
 // Error: function rvalue_argument.foo (ref int x) is not callable
 using argument types (int)
 // Comment: "argument ref int x of function rvalue_argument.foo cannot
 bind to an rvalue" would be clearer IMO

      int i ;
      ref ir = i ;
 // Error: variable ref_type.main.ir only parameters or foreach
 declarations can be ref
 // Comment: add ", return values" after "parameters"
 }

I think both are clearer, please submit bugs!

BTW, don't be shy about submitting bugs, most of the devs watch the bug 
list and pick up on things that are just not going to happen. Worst case 
is that your bug just gets closed as wontfix.

-Steve