[TableGen] Give meaningful msg for def use in multiclass

When one mistakenly specifies 'def' instead of using 'defm',
the error message is quite misleading: 'Couldn't find class..'
Instead, it should recommend using defm if the multiclass of
same name exists.

Reviewed By: hfinkel

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D59294 

llvm-svn: 356985

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/TableGen/TGParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/TableGen/TGParser.cpp
index 90c9b390e10..3fc2e53f208 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/TableGen/TGParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/TableGen/TGParser.cpp
@@ -536,8 +536,14 @@ Record *TGParser::ParseClassID() {
   }
 
   Record *Result = Records.getClass(Lex.getCurStrVal());
-  if (!Result)
-    TokError("Couldn't find class '" + Lex.getCurStrVal() + "'");
+  if (!Result) {
+    std::string Msg("Couldn't find class '" + Lex.getCurStrVal() + "'");
+    if (MultiClasses[Lex.getCurStrVal()].get())
+      TokError(Msg + ". Use 'defm' if you meant to use multiclass '" +
+               Lex.getCurStrVal() + "'");
+    else
+      TokError(Msg);
+  }
 
   Lex.Lex();
   return Result;