From 43529dda3806616e4ba0da3aa3079a9d56445df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gingerBill <gingerBill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:58:54 +0000
Subject: Improve error message for missing `&` in some parapoly messages

---
 src/check_type.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/check_type.cpp')

diff --git a/src/check_type.cpp b/src/check_type.cpp
index 0819de217..f1a2e9e22 100644
--- a/src/check_type.cpp
+++ b/src/check_type.cpp
@@ -1611,6 +1611,12 @@ gb_internal Type *determine_type_from_polymorphic(CheckerContext *ctx, Type *pol
 				error_line("\tSuggestion: Try slicing the value with '%s[:]'\n", os);
 				gb_string_free(os);
 			}
+		} else if (is_type_pointer(poly_type)) {
+			if (is_polymorphic_type_assignable(ctx, type_deref(poly_type), operand.type, /*compound*/false, /*modify_type*/false)) {
+				gbString os = expr_to_string(operand.expr);
+				error_line("\tSuggestion: Did you mean '&%s'?\n", os);
+				gb_string_free(os);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return t_invalid;
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