[m-rev.] Another compiler bug

[Zoltan Somogyi]

On 2023-08-07 13:47 +02:00 CEST, "Volker Wysk" <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> The compiler says:
> 
> desktop ~/src/fis/test $ mmc --make inst
> ** Error making `Mercury/int3s/inst.int3'.
> inst.m:001: Error: module must start with a `:- module' declaration.
> 
> 
> When I rename the module to "inst1", then it works.
> 
> Maybe it's something stupid, but then the error message is bad.

"inst" is an operator. The original module declaration
is sort-of similar to writing a function named "if" in C or Java.

We could provide an error message specifically for such situations,
but such situations are so rare that it is not worthwhile to do so,
either in mmc or in gcc.

Zoltan.