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Bug 14722 – Improve "<template> is used as a type" error message

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: All
Creation time: 2015-06-23T10:18:29Z
Last change time: 2018-02-08T12:29:51Z
Keywords: diagnostic
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: Vladimir Panteleev

Comments

Comment #0 by dlang-bugzilla — 2015-06-23T10:18:29Z

class Foo() {} Foo f; Currently, the compiler says: test.d(2,5): Error: class test.Foo() is used as a type It should mention that test.Foo() is a template.

Comment #1 by nick — 2018-02-08T12:29:51Z

My recently merged pull fixes this, now you should see: Error: template class `test.Foo()` is used as a type without instantiation; to instantiate it use `Foo!(arguments)` https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/7769