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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 9132] New: Unhelpful error message when calling non-const property from const method.

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           Summary: Unhelpful error message when calling non-const
                    property from const method.
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: diagnostic
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: bugzilla kyllingen.net


--- Comment #0 from Lars T. Kyllingstad <bugzilla kyllingen.net> 2012-12-10
01:14:45 PST ---
Test case:

    struct S
    {
         property int foo() { return 123; }
        void bar() const { foo; }
    }

DMD produces the following error message, which is not very useful:

    bug.d(4): Error: function a.S.foo () is not callable
    using argument types ()

Note that if parentheses are added to the foo() call, the error changes to:

    bug.d(4): Error: function bug.S.foo () is not callable
    using argument types () const

which is much better.

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--- Comment #1 from Lars T. Kyllingstad <bugzilla kyllingen.net> 2012-12-10
01:18:12 PST ---
Please disregard the "a.S.foo" in the first error message, which is not part of
the problem.  It is simply a result of me renaming the source file and only
copy-pasting part of the message anew. :)

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Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE


--- Comment #2 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> 2012-12-10
08:57:38 PST ---
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 6707 ***

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--- Comment #3 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> 2012-12-10
08:58:41 PST ---
Note that in upcoming 2.061 this error is now shown for calls with or without
parens, so it's slightly more descriptive:

Error: function test.S.foo () is not callable using argument types () const

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