BaseTools: Report more clear error message for PCD used in expression
Only the FeatureFlag type or FixedAtBuild type can be used in the
expression.
Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Zhiju.Fan <zhijux.fan@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/Expression.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/Expression.py
index 78c69fa..ff92710 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/Expression.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/Expression.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
ERR_STRING_TOKEN = 'Bad string token: [%s].'
ERR_MACRO_TOKEN = 'Bad macro token: [%s].'
ERR_EMPTY_TOKEN = 'Empty token is not allowed.'
-ERR_PCD_RESOLVE = 'PCD token cannot be resolved: [%s].'
+ERR_PCD_RESOLVE = 'The PCD should be FeatureFlag type or FixedAtBuild type: [%s].'
ERR_VALID_TOKEN = 'No more valid token found from rest of string: [%s].'
ERR_EXPR_TYPE = 'Different types found in expression.'
ERR_OPERATOR_UNSUPPORT = 'Unsupported operator: [%s]'
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/RangeExpression.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/RangeExpression.py
index 20581ed..407dc06 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/RangeExpression.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/RangeExpression.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
ERR_STRING_TOKEN = 'Bad string token: [%s].'
ERR_MACRO_TOKEN = 'Bad macro token: [%s].'
ERR_EMPTY_TOKEN = 'Empty token is not allowed.'
-ERR_PCD_RESOLVE = 'PCD token cannot be resolved: [%s].'
+ERR_PCD_RESOLVE = 'The PCD should be FeatureFlag type or FixedAtBuild type: [%s].'
ERR_VALID_TOKEN = 'No more valid token found from rest of string: [%s].'
ERR_EXPR_TYPE = 'Different types found in expression.'
ERR_OPERATOR_UNSUPPORT = 'Unsupported operator: [%s]'
