Bad error message for method call on double pointer about zig HOT 5 OPEN

yea that message could definitely be improved

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this isnt a bug, the iterator returns pointers to the keys and your keys are *Foo so each foo is a double pointer, **Foo. field access and the like only go through 1 layer of pointer

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Oh, I see. In that case, the compiler error message has misled me…

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Then I suppose this issue should be assigned the "error message" label or closed if duplicate?

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Reduced example:

const S = struct { a: u32 };
pub export fn entry(a: **S) void {
    // _ = a.b(); // error: no field or member function named 'b' in '*a.S'
    _ = a.b; // error: type '**a.S' does not support field access
}

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