Migrated from http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/396
Reporter fjanon
I am using Eclipse with the plugin 2.4.3 core and Compiler plugin 2.6.9.RC412860.
When overriding a constructor, I didn't call another constructor as the first statement. I get two messages not very indicative of the issue:
Severity and Description Path Resource Location Creation Time Id
'(' expected but ';' found. DownstreamScala/src/downstream TimePeriod.scala line 11 1200900796501 55
'this' expected but 'val' found. DownstreamScala/src/downstream TimePeriod.scala line 10 1200900796501 56
package downstream;
import java.util.Date
class TimePeriod(start: Date, end: Date) {
def startDate = start
def endDate = end

def this(timePeriod: TimePeriod) = this(timePeriod.startDate, timePeriod.endDate)
def this(OffFor: long) =
{
val someTime = 1000
this(new Date(), new Date())
}
}
When I comment out the "val someTime = 1000" line, the errors go away, which is normal.

t0396.scala:11: error: 'this' expected but 'val' found.
      val someTime = 1000
      ^