Errors from the base contracts can't be statically accessed from the inherited contracts
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Description
```solidity
abstract contract Base {
error TestError();
}
contract Top is Base {
function f() external {
revert TestError();
}
}
function test() pure {
// This is fine
revert Base.TestError();
}
function bug() pure {
// Error: Member "TestError" not found or not visible after argument-dependent lookup in type(contract Top).
revert Top.TestError();
}
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Compile the minimal Solidity reproduction containing Base, Top, test, and bug, and inspect the compiler's member-lookup diagnostic for Top.TestError(). Trace how inherited custom errors are resolved when accessed through a derived contract. Done means the inherited error can be statically accessed as Top.TestError() while Base.TestError() and the existing revert in Top remain valid.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- solidity
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100