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Diffstat (limited to 'src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala')
-rw-r--r-- | src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala index 2dab9b37b4..5a0454a569 100644 --- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala +++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/pickling/UnPickler.scala @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import scala.annotation.switch /** @author Martin Odersky * @version 1.0 */ -abstract class UnPickler /*extends scala.reflect.generic.UnPickler*/ { +abstract class UnPickler { val global: SymbolTable import global._ @@ -232,7 +232,12 @@ abstract class UnPickler /*extends scala.reflect.generic.UnPickler*/ { // (4) Call the mirror's "missing" hook. adjust(mirrorThatLoaded(owner).missingHook(owner, name)) orElse { // (5) Create a stub symbol to defer hard failure a little longer. - owner.newStubSymbol(name) + val missingMessage = + s"""|bad symbolic reference. A signature in $filename refers to ${name.longString} + |in ${owner.kindString} ${owner.fullName} which is not available. + |It may be completely missing from the current classpath, or the version on + |the classpath might be incompatible with the version used when compiling $filename.""".stripMargin + owner.newStubSymbol(name, missingMessage) } } } |