Made typeConstructor applicable for some.

Or at least made the error message applicable for some.
NSDNHO too.  It almost feels like sacrilege to mess with
"no-symbol does not have owner", even to the extent of
adding the indefinite article.  May Zeus not strike me down.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/Symbols.scala b/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/Symbols.scala
index b4d2b1531f..0e729bc7ea 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/Symbols.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/Symbols.scala
@@ -2538,7 +2538,6 @@ trait Symbols extends api.Symbols { self: SymbolTable =>
     override def enclClass: Symbol = this
     override def toplevelClass: Symbol = this
     override def enclMethod: Symbol = this
-    override def owner: Symbol = abort("no-symbol does not have owner")
     override def sourceFile: AbstractFileType = null
     override def ownerChain: List[Symbol] = List()
     override def ownersIterator: Iterator[Symbol] = Iterator.empty
@@ -2551,6 +2550,11 @@ trait Symbols extends api.Symbols { self: SymbolTable =>
     override def accessBoundary(base: Symbol): Symbol = RootClass
     def cloneSymbolImpl(owner: Symbol, newFlags: Long): Symbol = abort()
     override def originalEnclosingMethod = this
+
+    override def owner: Symbol =
+      abort("no-symbol does not have an owner (this is a bug: scala " + scala.util.Properties.versionString + ")")
+    override def typeConstructor: Type =
+      abort("no-symbol does not have a type constructor (this may indicate scalac cannot find fundamental classes)")
   }
 
   /** Derives a new list of symbols from the given list by mapping the given