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[#123] project: compiler priority: medium category: bug
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Erik Martin fixed 2003-09-10 16:36:01.0
subject Bad error message for val patterns without free variables
code
class M{
  val 1 = 1;
}
what happened
~/scala/bin/scalac M.scala 
M.scala:2: object scala.Unit of type scala.Unit cannot be applied to ()
  val 1 = 1;
      ^
one error found
what expected A better error message. (Or possibly no error at all, since 1 matches 1.)
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Changes of this bug report
Martin  edited on  2003-09-10 17:30:14.0
Martin  edited on  2003-09-10 17:31:06.0
No error at all, that's what it does now.