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Diffstat (limited to 'src/vim9compile.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/vim9compile.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c index 7d24f21c8d..cc4aa46386 100644 --- a/src/vim9compile.c +++ b/src/vim9compile.c @@ -1669,7 +1669,14 @@ compile_lhs( { if (is_decl) { - semsg(_(e_variable_already_declared_str), lhs->lhs_name); + // if we come here with what looks like an assignment like .= + // but which has been reject by assignment_len() from may_compile_assignment + // give a better error message + char_u *p = skipwhite(lhs->lhs_end); + if (p[0] == '.' && p[1] == '=') + emsg(_(e_dot_equal_not_supported_with_script_version_two)); + else + semsg(_(e_variable_already_declared_str), lhs->lhs_name); return FAIL; } } |