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authorPierre-Marie Pédrot2021-03-25 15:39:40 +0100
committerPierre-Marie Pédrot2021-03-25 15:39:40 +0100
commite96e5ef09d4a009780a8267c9289a1b5cf077653 (patch)
treeb9f386e9a07bf046ee0df801212d42c8e45b52ab /vernac
parentd328a04d5e533a8591dfb3f2fa3d0e0852037f33 (diff)
parent9583c0eb1771302e091880f598884b98eaec9742 (diff)
Merge PR #13988: Mention label name in signature mismatch error when constant expected
Reviewed-by: ppedrot
Diffstat (limited to 'vernac')
-rw-r--r--vernac/himsg.ml4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/vernac/himsg.ml b/vernac/himsg.ml
index bff0359782..21a25ab78c 100644
--- a/vernac/himsg.ml
+++ b/vernac/himsg.ml
@@ -924,7 +924,9 @@ let explain_not_match_error = function
| InductiveFieldExpected _ ->
strbrk "an inductive definition is expected"
| DefinitionFieldExpected ->
- strbrk "a definition is expected"
+ strbrk "a definition is expected. Hint: you can rename the \
+ inductive or constructor and add a definition mapping the \
+ old name to the new name"
| ModuleFieldExpected ->
strbrk "a module is expected"
| ModuleTypeFieldExpected ->