microsoft / microsoft/Power-Fx
Improve error message when void values are assigned in record.
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Description
For Expression where the user by mistake assigns the void type to the record field,
e.g. {out : Remove()}
we give the below error.
Incompatible type. The item you are trying to put into a record has a type that is not compatible with the record.
which is not actionable. We should tell them which types are expected or least, what is the current type that is not compatible (Ie Void value here).
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Start by reproducing the record assignment expression {out : Remove()} and trace the existing incompatible-type error for record fields. Done means the error identifies the current Void type and, where available, the expected type instead of only reporting generic incompatibility.
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- csharp
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