Josef Willsher de18967992 [Sema] Improved error message for static functions on existential metatypes (#2127) ...

Type level lookups can fail because the lookup is on an existential
metatype, like `MyProtocol.staticMethod(_:)` is invalid; however the
error message is unclear: “static member 'staticMethod(_:)' cannot be
used on instance of type ‘MyProtocol.Protocol’”.

This fix checks the base of member lookups that failed with the reason
UR_TypeMemberOnInstance for being existential metatypes. It produces
the clearer message “static member ‘staticMethod(_:)’ cannot be used on
protocol metatype ‘MyProtocol.Protocol’”. This change makes it clear
that the use of a static member on the *existential* metatype is the
problem.

2016-04-10 19:03:20 -07:00

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