From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:27:50 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: vala: Output additional information when accessing unknown member
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vala: Output additional information when accessing unknown member

Return location of the variable declaration which will usually
show its type.
---

diff --git a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
index 31b1ca959..08b5b384e 100644
--- a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
+++ b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ public class Vala.MemberAccess : Expression {
 			}
 
 			Report.error (source_reference, "The name `%s' does not exist in the context of `%s'%s%s", member_name, base_type_name, base_type_package, visited_types_string);
+			if (inner != null && inner.symbol_reference != null && inner.symbol_reference.source_reference != null) {
+				Report.notice (inner.symbol_reference.source_reference, "`%s' was declared here", inner.symbol_reference.name);
+			}
 			value_type = new InvalidType ();
 			return false;
 		} else if (symbol_reference.error) {