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Bug 14908 – dmd's rewrite is exposed in error message: Error: 's += 1' is not a scalar, it is a S

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Severity: minor
Priority: P1
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: x86_64
OS: Linux
Creation time: 2015-08-11T23:12:53Z
Last change time: 2022-10-10T06:39:36Z
Keywords: diagnostic
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: Ali Cehreli

Comments

Comment #0 by acehreli — 2015-08-11T23:12:53Z

The compiler rewrites ++s as 's += 1' and uses it in an error message. This can be confusing especially to new programmers: struct S {} void main() { S s; ++s; } Error: 's += 1' is not a scalar, it is a S Ali

Comment #1 by razvan.nitu1305 — 2022-10-10T06:39:36Z

The error is now: Error: `s` is not a scalar, it is a `S`. seems to be fixed.