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Bug 14391 – Assigning to module results in unhelpful error message

Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P4
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: All
Creation time: 2015-04-02T00:51:12Z
Last change time: 2024-12-13T18:41:46Z
Keywords: diagnostic
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: Vladimir Panteleev

Comments

Comment #0 by dlang-bugzilla — 2015-04-02T00:51:12Z

/// a.d /// module a; int a; /// b.d /// import a; void main() { a = 42; } /////////// Compiler says: b.d(4,5): Error: a is not an lvalue Ideally, it should say something along: b.d(4,5): Error: cannot assign to module "a", did you mean "a.a" of type "int"?

Comment #1 by robert.schadek — 2024-12-13T18:41:46Z

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/18967 DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB