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Wrong compiler error message with default parameters when specifying a nonexistent named parameter #4928

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scabug opened this issue Aug 19, 2011 · 3 comments
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Wrong compiler error message with default parameters when specifying a nonexistent named parameter #4928

scabug opened this issue Aug 19, 2011 · 3 comments
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minimized named/default args usability
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scabug commented Aug 19, 2011

When calling a method using named arguments, if the method has an argument with a default value which is not specified, but another (nonexistent) parameter is specified, the compiler gives the error "parameter specified twice" instead of "not found". This is confusing and misleading:

scala> def x(a:Int,b:Int,c:Int,d:Int = 0) = println(a,b,c,d)
x: (a: Int, b: Int, c: Int, d: Int)Unit

scala> x(a=1,b=2,c=3)
(1,2,3,0)

scala> x(z=0,a=1,b=2,c=3)
<console>:9: error: parameter specified twice: a
       x(z=0,a=1,b=2,c=3)
              ^

scala> x(z=1,b=2,c=3,d=4)
<console>:9: error: not found: value z
       x(z=1,b=2,c=3,d=4)
         ^
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scabug commented Aug 19, 2011

Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-4928?orig=1
Reporter: Mario Camou (mcamou)
Affected Versions: 2.9.0, 2.9.0-1, 2.9.1
See #4876

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scabug commented Aug 19, 2011

@hubertp said:
I will take it, errors took a couple of weeks of my life already so yet another bug wouldn't make a difference.

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scabug commented May 18, 2012

@lrytz said:
better error message since scala/scala@3c79caa

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