From c498bf05bf55f5ff7c0e0c903db4139f536488bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:47:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] vala: Use dedicated error message for assignments to literals

---
 vala/valaassignment.vala | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vala/valaassignment.vala b/vala/valaassignment.vala
index ce3549aaf..1c449ed74 100644
--- a/vala/valaassignment.vala
+++ b/vala/valaassignment.vala
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ public class Vala.Assignment : Expression {
 			}
 		} else if (left is PointerIndirection) {
 			right.target_type = left.value_type.copy ();
+		} else if (left is Literal) {
+			error = true;
+			Report.error (source_reference, "Literals are immutable");
+			return false;
 		} else {
 			error = true;
 			Report.error (source_reference, "unsupported lvalue in assignment");
-- 
2.47.2