From ff591da80bd7c34028453be44a46efba22d71035 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ringabout <43030857+ringabout@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:03:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #24379; better error messages for ill-formed type
 symbols

fixes #24379
---
 compiler/semexprs.nim | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 60a9c56f9c88e..6cc4afd6e0080 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -1492,6 +1492,8 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     if n.kind != nkDotExpr: # dotExpr is already checked by builtinFieldAccess
       markUsed(c, n.info, s)
     onUse(n.info, s)
+    if s.typ == nil:
+      return localErrorNode(c, n, "symbol '$1' has no type" % [s.name.s])
     if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.base.kind != tyNone and s.typ.n != nil:
       return s.typ.n
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)