Ballerina-lang: Use of `start` allowed with error constructor

[pubudu91]

Consider the following program:

import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    error e = start error("Test");
    io:println(e);
}

The above compiles and runs fine and prints the following:

error Test

However, as per the spec, the above should not have been allowed:

start-action := [annots] start (function-call-expr|method-call-expr|remote-method-call-action)

[lochana-chathura]

Seems this is fixed. Output with slp6-snapshot

Compiling source
    test.bal
ERROR [test.bal:(4:15,4:34)] use of 'start' not allowed with functional constructor 'error()'
error: compilation contains errors

[pubudu91]

Ah great! But the error message itself is a bit problematic. IINM, we got rid of "functional constructors". In this case, the proper term is "error constructor". Check with @rdhananjaya as well.

[rdhananjaya]

Ah great! But the error message itself is a bit problematic. IINM, we got rid of "functional constructors". In this case, the proper term is "error constructor". Check with @rdhananjaya as well.

+1 for error constructor