From 83bdb805a28644df0baf47bdcc740d21cbe861d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:21:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] error message fixes

x == nil
x.go:5: cannot use nil as bool

c := x.(type);
x.go:88: use of .(type) outside type switch

R=ken
OCL=34476
CL=34476
---
 src/cmd/gc/const.c     | 2 ++
 src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/const.c b/src/cmd/gc/const.c
index 16daab043e6..db28b3c9d4e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/const.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/const.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ convlit1(Node **np, Type *t, int explicit)
 	case CTNIL:
 		switch(et) {
 		default:
+			yyerror("cannot use nil as %T", t);
+			n->type = T;
 			goto bad;
 
 		case TSTRING:
diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c b/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
index 7665cbf3c49..d364e5fcc6f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ reswitch:
 		defaultlit2(&l, &r, 0);
 		n->left = l;
 		n->right = r;
+		if(l->type == T || r->type == T)
+			goto error;
 		t = l->type;
 		if(t->etype == TIDEAL)
 			t = r->type;
@@ -960,9 +962,8 @@ reswitch:
 		goto ret;
 
 	case OTYPESW:
-		ok |= Etop;
-		typecheck(&n->right, Erv);
-		goto ret;
+		yyerror("use of .(type) outside type switch");
+		goto error;
 
 	case OXCASE:
 		ok |= Etop;