From: Lorenz Wildberg <lorenz@wild-fisch.de>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:50:30 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: vala: Improve error message for invalid handler of dynamic signal
X-Git-Tag: 0.52.8~37
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67c4b9dd49841c7660bddde6b5cb8a47e10cbffa;p=thirdparty%2Fvala.git

vala: Improve error message for invalid handler of dynamic signal
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diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 2951db733..f862af631 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	objects/signals-delegate.vala \
 	objects/signals-delegate-parameter.vala \
 	objects/signals-dymanic-invalid-handler.test \
+	objects/signals-dynamic-lambda-handler.test \
 	objects/signals-error-marshal.vala \
 	objects/signals-fundamental-return.vala \
 	objects/signals-gobject-return.vala \
diff --git a/tests/objects/signals-dynamic-lambda-handler.test b/tests/objects/signals-dynamic-lambda-handler.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae86c9f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/objects/signals-dynamic-lambda-handler.test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Invalid Code
+
+void main () {
+	dynamic Object? foo = null;
+	foo.on_bar.connect ((baz) => {
+		// lambdas are not allowed
+	});
+}
diff --git a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
index 82fe8d2d9..a251ef118 100644
--- a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
+++ b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
@@ -480,7 +480,11 @@ public class Vala.MemberAccess : Expression {
 							unowned MemberAccess? arg = s.handler as MemberAccess;
 							if (arg == null || !arg.check (context) || !(arg.symbol_reference is Method)) {
 								error = true;
-								Report.error (s.handler.source_reference, "Invalid handler for `%s'", s.get_full_name ());
+								if (s.handler is LambdaExpression) {
+									Report.error (s.handler.source_reference, "Lambdas are not allowed for dynamic signals");
+								} else {
+									Report.error (s.handler.source_reference, "Cannot infer call signature for dynamic signal `%s' from given expression", s.get_full_name ());
+								}
 							}
 						}
 						s.access = SymbolAccessibility.PUBLIC;