errors and warnings / debugging / E7001

E7001 error

nameof argument is not a name, field access or string-keyed index

area: debugging (x7xxx)
fails the build: yes

nameof from wowlua:debug folds to the last name of its argument at compile time (nameof(Tracker.record) is "record"), so the argument must be a name, a field access or an index with a string key. A call, a literal or an index with a computed key has no name to give. Pass the name itself.

Example

× failswowlua

import nameof from "wowlua:debug" local function onLogin() endprint(nameof(onLogin()))

✓ compileswowlua

import nameof from "wowlua:debug" local function onLogin() endprint(nameof(onLogin))

The compiler reports it like this:

error[E7001]: `nameof` needs a name, a field access or an index with a string key
  ┌─ src/main.wowlua:4:7
  │
4 │ print(nameof(onLogin()))
  │       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ here

Offline

terminal

$ wowlua explain E7001
E7001 (error): nameof argument is not a name, field access or string-keyed index

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