[haXe] Unclear error message for extern class constructors

[Asger Ottar Alstrup]

Hi,

Trying to compile

package org.aswing;

extern class DefaultListCellFactory {
    public function new(shareCells: Bool) : DefaultListCellFactory;
    public function createNewCell(): Dynamic;
    public function isAllCellHasSameHeight(): Bool;
    public function isShareCells(): Bool;
    public function getCellHeight(): Float;
}

with haxe 1.11 gives

..\..\..\bohr\source\client/org/aswing/DefaultListCellFactory.hx:4:
characters 8-63 : A class constructor can't have a return value

If I remove the return value, I get

Running process: C:\Program Files\Motion-Twin\haxe\haxe.exe conceive.hxml
..\..\..\bohr\source\client/org/aswing/DefaultListCellFactory.hx:4:
characters 8-68 : Type required for extern classes and interfaces

It took some time for me to realize that I need to change the return type to
Void, and now it works:

    public function new(shareCells: Bool) : Void;

May I propose to change the second error message to "Extern class
constructors must have Void as return value" or something like that?

Regards,
Asger
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