[#BOO-886] Bad error message when using variable number of arguments

Boo

Created: 03/Oct/07 02:37 AM Updated: 20/May/08 09:09 AM

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Parser

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Fix Version/s:

0.8.3

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def constructor(*args as string):

Gives this error:

expecting "LPAREN", found 'string'. (BCE0044)

It confused the hell out of me, until I figured out that I need:

def constructor(*args as (string) ):

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Should we issue a better error message or infer "*args as string" means "*args as (string)" ?

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we can change the parser rule to accept any type reference and then issue a better error message ("varargs must be an array type").