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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 11078] New: Diagnostic for wrong RHS in property assign of a property group should improve

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           Summary: Diagnostic for wrong RHS in property assign of a
                    property group should improve
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: diagnostic
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich gmail.com



13:56:05 PDT ---
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struct S1
{
     property int value() { return 1; }
     property void value(int n) { }
}

void main()
{
    S1 s1;
    s1.value = 1.0;
}
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$ dmd test.d
 test.d(12): Error: s1.value is not an lvalue
It seems the compiler first attempts to call "s1.value(1.0)" (the setter), but gags the error, and then tries to call "s1.value() = 1.0" and emits a diagnostic for the getter. A more appropriate thing to do is to prefer writing a diagnostic for the setter. It is arguably more common to mistake the proper RHS type of an expression, and ref-return getter properties are quite rare. -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
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parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11078




13:57:14 PDT ---

 $ dmd test.d
 test.d(12): Error: s1.value is not an lvalue
To see the expected diagnostic, just comment out the getter and you'll get:
 test.d(12): Error: function test.S1.value (int n) is not callable 
 using argument types (double)
Much better. -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
Sep 20 2013