| [#642] | project: compiler | priority: low | category: bug | |
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| submitter | assigned to | status | date submitted | |
| Lex | Martin | won't fix | 2006-06-26 14:13:07.0 | |
| subject | source files with differently named classes | |||
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| what happened | [scalac] Compiling 49 source files to /home/lex/eclipse/workspace/scala-analysis/build/classes [scalac] /home/lex/eclipse/workspace/scala-analysis/src/scala/analysis/ddp/goals/responders/RespondersGoalSet\ .scala:18 error: source file /home/lex/eclipse/workspace/scala-analysis/src/scala/analysis/codebase/InstructionR\ ef.scala does not define class InstructionRef [scalac] type Question = InstructionRef [scalac] ^ |
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| what expected | The statement is correct, but why is this an error? Do Scala source files really need to be named with the exact name as their contents? Also strangely, the way I compile matters. Using scalac from the command-line it does not matter, but the ant scalac task generates the above message, and Eclipse cannot seem to open the project. I plan to eventually rename all the files, just to make it easier on future human readers, but it seems like this should not be a compiler error. |
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| Martin edited on 2006-06-26 16:31:36.0 |
| The compiler only complains if file A needs class B, B.class is not available yet B.scala is. In that case it requires that B.scala defines a class B. Bottom line: You can name your files anyway you like, but if class names and file names don't match, you need to compile all files manually; late source loading will not work. |