From: Vivek Raj <vivekrajr@live.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 16:10:57 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: vala: Use clearer error message for automatic properties in interfaces
X-Git-Tag: 0.42.4~19
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fb5f0e3cd9244f3295103f8f07171c88c095935;p=thirdparty%2Fvala.git

vala: Use clearer error message for automatic properties in interfaces

Fixes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues/656
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diff --git a/vala/valainterface.vala b/vala/valainterface.vala
index 1fda79512..f6c503641 100644
--- a/vala/valainterface.vala
+++ b/vala/valainterface.vala
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class Vala.Interface : ObjectTypeSymbol {
 	 */
 	public override void add_property (Property prop) {
 		if (prop.field != null) {
-			Report.error (prop.source_reference, "automatic properties are not allowed in interfaces");
+			Report.error (prop.source_reference, "interface properties should be `abstract' or have `get' accessor and/or `set' mutator");
 
 			prop.error = true;
 			return;