From efe3e205406724d0682b030add468f0cc2ed9eaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Odersky <odersky@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:36:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change creator proxy to constructor proxy in error message

Fixes #11853
---
 compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index 4a87f989c78d..5d6d848329cd 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class Typer extends Namer
         val shadowed = findRef(name, pt, EmptyFlags, ConstructorProxy, tree.srcPos)
         if shadowed.exists then
           report.error(
-            em"""Reference to creator proxy for ${ownType.symbol.companionClass.showLocated}
+            em"""Reference to constructor proxy for ${ownType.symbol.companionClass.showLocated}
                 |shadows outer reference to ${shadowed.termSymbol.showLocated}""", tree.srcPos)
       case _ =>