commit 9510d22463055f56548ff461ccbc54caa1ba1a2f
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Sep 11 15:14:05 2022 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Sep 11 15:14:05 2022 +0100
tree 5c084eccddd0a17e08c4bba2d5fec6d4cc969144
parent cce82a55b8105560a2ef724999c856966337b48e

patch 9.0.0444: trying to declare g:variable gives confusing error

Problem:    Trying to declare g:variable gives confusing error.
Solution:   Give a better error message. (closes #11108)

src/testdir/test_vim9_cmd.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_cmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_cmd.vim
index 636769d..80b7820 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_cmd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_cmd.vim
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@
   var lines =<< trim END
       g:notexist:cmd
   END
-  v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(lines, ['E488: Trailing characters: :cmd', 'E121: Undefined variable: g:notexist'], 1)
+  v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(lines, ['E1016: Cannot declare a global variable: g:notexist', "E1069: White space required after ':'"], 1)
 
   lines =<< trim END
       g-pat-cmd
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@
   lines =<< trim END
       s:notexist:repl
   END
-  v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(lines, ['E488: Trailing characters: :repl', 'E1268:'], 1)
+  v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(lines, ['E1101: Cannot declare a script variable in a function: s:notexist', "E1069: White space required after ':'"], 1)
 
   lines =<< trim END
       notexist:repl