Wrong line number errors for casting return types

dev
1 
<cffunction name="test" returntype="struct">
    <cfreturn "this will blow up">
</cffunction>

<cfscript>
    test(); //throws can't cast String [this will blow up] to a value of type [struct] on line 6
</cfscript>

doesn’t this error occur on line 2?

https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-1766

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Nope. The error occurs where you call the function, not where the function is defined. These are run-time errors, not compile-time errors.

ACF works the same way… though, ironically, does give the wrong line number (5, instead of 6) but provides a clearer error message (The value returned from the test function is not of type struct. on line 5)

HTH

– Denny

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Hi @Zackster,

Lucee acts same as what ACF does. Issue arises while calling the function only not happened at compile time. This is handle at runtime only.

4

ok, can we at least improve the lucee’s error message?