[flang] semantic errors involving mismatched types could be more useful
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For the example below, the error message is simply "bad type or kind" which is confusing because it implies the type itself is not correct, but in reality is just mismatched with the `tsource` type for this intrinsic.
I included both the current flang message and gfortran's error message below. Gfortran's is a better message, but I think an even better message would also include the mismatched and expected type. Something like:
"`fsource=REAL(8)` argument of `merge` intrinsic must be the same type and kind as `tsource=REAL(4)`"
I dont know how generic these messages are for the intrinsics but I'm guessing similar ones exist outside `merge`
```fortran
subroutine domerge(r,f,m)
real(8) :: r, f
logical :: m
r = merge(1.0,f,m)
end
```
flang:
```
/app/example.f90:6:17: error: Actual argument for 'fsource=' has bad type or kind 'REAL(8)'
r = merge(1.0,f,m)
^
```
gfortran:
```
Error: 'fsource' argument of 'merge' intrinsic at (1) must be the same type and kind as 'tsource'
```
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