# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 790620643 0
# Node ID 9dfebef7a4475f3e4ebf7c75148c3851112e95cf
# Parent  713664195cba68d37ba66896716af2cfcc9685ae
[project @ 1995-01-20 16:48:14 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/pt-exp-base.cc b/src/pt-exp-base.cc
--- a/src/pt-exp-base.cc
+++ b/src/pt-exp-base.cc
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@
 
   if (error_state)
     {
+      error ("colon expression elements must be scalars");
       eval_error ("evaluating colon expression");
       return retval;
     }
@@ -2255,6 +2256,7 @@
 
   if (error_state)
     {
+      error ("colon expression elements must be scalars");
       eval_error ("evaluating colon expression");
       return retval;
     }
@@ -2274,6 +2276,7 @@
 
       if (error_state)
 	{
+	  error ("colon expression elements must be scalars");
 	  eval_error ("evaluating colon expression");
 	  return retval;
 	}