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improve the error messages regarding type mismatches in overloading resolution

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Andreas Rumpf 2018-02-04 07:04:50 +01:00
commit 326b7dc556
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compiler/semcall.nim
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@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
errors.safeAdd(CandidateError(
sym: sym,
unmatchedVarParam: int z.mutabilityProblem,
firstMismatch: z.firstMismatch,
diagnostics: z.diagnostics))
else:
# Symbol table has been modified. Restart and pre-calculate all syms
@ -154,7 +155,20 @@ proc presentFailedCandidates(c: PContext, n: PNode, errors: CandidateErrors):
else:
add(candidates, err.sym.getProcHeader(prefer))
add(candidates, "\n")
if err.unmatchedVarParam != 0 and err.unmatchedVarParam < n.len:
if err.firstMismatch != 0 and n.len > 2:
add(candidates, "first type mismatch at position: " & $err.firstMismatch &
"\nrequired type: ")
if err.firstMismatch < err.sym.typ.len:
candidates.add typeToString(err.sym.typ.sons[err.firstMismatch])
else:
candidates.add "none"
if err.firstMismatch < n.len:
candidates.add "\nbut expression '"
candidates.add renderTree(n[err.firstMismatch])
candidates.add "' is of type: "
candidates.add typeToString(n[err.firstMismatch].typ)
candidates.add "\n"
elif err.unmatchedVarParam != 0 and err.unmatchedVarParam < n.len:
add(candidates, "for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed, but '" &
renderTree(n[err.unmatchedVarParam]) & "' is immutable\n")
for diag in err.diagnostics:
@ -189,7 +203,7 @@ proc bracketNotFoundError(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
while symx != nil:
if symx.kind in routineKinds:
errors.add(CandidateError(sym: symx,
unmatchedVarParam: 0,
unmatchedVarParam: 0, firstMismatch: 0,
diagnostics: nil))
symx = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
if errors.len == 0: