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Diffstat (limited to 'src/check_type.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/check_type.cpp | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/check_type.cpp b/src/check_type.cpp index e71b35809..da4479f6e 100644 --- a/src/check_type.cpp +++ b/src/check_type.cpp @@ -3344,8 +3344,25 @@ gb_internal Type *check_type_expr(CheckerContext *ctx, Ast *e, Type *named_type) if (!ok) { gbString err_str = expr_to_string(e); + defer (gb_string_free(err_str)); + + ERROR_BLOCK(); error(e, "'%s' is not a type", err_str); - gb_string_free(err_str); + + Ast *node = unparen_expr(e); + if (node && node->kind == Ast_IndexExpr) { + gbString index_str = nullptr; + if (node->IndexExpr.index) { + index_str = expr_to_string(node->IndexExpr.index); + } + defer (gb_string_free(index_str)); + + gbString type_str = expr_to_string(node->IndexExpr.expr); + defer (gb_string_free(type_str)); + + error_line("\tSuggestion: Did you mean '[%s]%s'?", index_str ? index_str : "", type_str); + } + type = t_invalid; } |