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550 :: Error in declaring an array

• sanjay (orginal) [2014-09-06T18:00:05+02:00] view original

  I am trying to use following code to declare an array from Tutorial (Part I):

  type
    TIntArray = array[0..5, int] # an array that is indexed with 0..5
  Run

  It throws following error:

  Error: ambiguous identifier: 'array' -- use a qualifier

  Following is the nimrod version that I am using on Windows:

  Nimrod Compiler Version 0.9.4 (2014-04-21) [Windows: i386]

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• Araq (orginal) [2014-09-06T20:23:37+02:00] view original

  Don't name your test file array.nim. Known gotcha, dunno what we can do about it.

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• sanjay (orginal) [2014-09-06T20:34:00+02:00] view original

  That's definitely which require a fix. Or at least the error message must be more expressive as temporary solution.

  Are there other reserved words which should not be used for file names?

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• LeuGim (orginal) [2014-09-06T22:46:52+02:00] view original

  There's no reserved words, that cannot be used as module names. In this code you just hide system module's array identifier by name of your module. Both identifiers (type and your module) can still be used with disambiguation:

  array.nim:

  type
    TIntArray = system.array[0..5, int]
  
  var
    a: array.TIntArray
  Run

  or so

  type.nim:

  type
    TIntArray = array[0..5, int]
  
  var
    a: `type`.TIntArray
  Run

  Here's no other error besides ambiguity, so is the error message. The best would be, if the message were more exhaustive, like: ..

  Error: ambiguous identifier: 'array' (type System.array and module array) -- use a qualifier

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• sanjay (orginal) [2014-09-07T09:21:58+02:00] view original

  Thanks Lieu for the explanation. It makes sense.

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