From 97381df57adf976e08fcd2ccffb01291572ad858 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Bezanson <jeff.bezanson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:02:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix #9773, better error for trying to add a method to a non-
 generic function

---
 src/toplevel.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/toplevel.c b/src/toplevel.c
index 2afa2c092e71b..9fda351abcbda 100644
--- a/src/toplevel.c
+++ b/src/toplevel.c
@@ -664,8 +664,7 @@ DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_method_def(jl_sym_t *name, jl_value_t **bp, jl_value_t
     JL_GC_PUSH3(&gf, &argtypes, &t);
 
     if (bnd && bnd->value != NULL && !bnd->constp) {
-        jl_errorf("cannot define function %s; it already has a value",
-                  bnd->name->name);
+        jl_errorf("cannot define function %s; it already has a value", bnd->name->name);
     }
 
     if (*bp != NULL) {
@@ -716,7 +715,7 @@ DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_method_def(jl_sym_t *name, jl_value_t **bp, jl_value_t
                 }
             }
             if (!jl_is_gf(gf)) {
-                jl_error("invalid method definition: not a generic function");
+                jl_errorf("cannot define function %s; it already has a value", bnd->name->name);
             }
         }
         if (iskw) {