Confusing error messages in type declarations

[skejeton]

import ("module.um")

type X = struct {
  field: ^module.Type
}

Will show ; expected but . found, instead of the usual "Unknown identifier x". Seems to be related to how pointers in structs work.

---

type X = struct {
  field: ^module::Type
}

Will show ; expected but :: found, instead of the usual "Unknown identifier x".

[vtereshkov]

It's harder to say "Unknown identifier x" in type declarations because an unknown identifier per se is not an error. It may be a forward declaration of a recursive type. But I agree the message is confusing.