Error Message for assignment value mismatch is too vague

[LillyProgrammingIncorprated]

Context

• Operating System & Odin Version: git pulled 10 minutes ago (9th of March 2022, 12:13 PST)

Expected Behavior

A clearer message to explain what is actually going wrong ex: "Expected 2 assignment variables from function. Found 1"

Current Behavior

Vague message talking about mismatch of seemingly nothing (to beginners) Assignment count mismatch '1' = '2'

Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. call a function that returns multiple values
2. assign it to only 1 variable
3. get the vague message

example code:

package main

foo :: proc () -> (u8, u8) {
        return 'a', 'b'
}

main :: proc () {

        x := foo()
}

Failure Logs

something that specifies that it is a mismatch of return count is needed

[LillyProgrammingIncorprated]

something like "Expected 2 assignment variables from foo. Found 1"

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