parser: improve error message for mod.unknownsubmod.Type (#9976)

vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v

@@ -330,17 +330,31 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) parse_any_type(language ast.Language, is_ptr bool, check_d
 	} else if p.peek_tok.kind == .dot && check_dot {
 		// `module.Type`
 		// /if !(p.tok.lit in p.table.imports) {
-		if !p.known_import(name) {
-			p.error('unknown module `$p.tok.lit`')
-			return 0
-		}
-		if p.tok.lit in p.imports {
-			p.register_used_import(p.tok.lit)
-		}
+		mut mod := name
+		mut mod_pos := p.tok.position()
 		p.next()
 		p.check(.dot)
+		mut mod_last_part := mod
+		for p.peek_tok.kind == .dot {
+			mod_pos = mod_pos.extend(p.tok.position())
+			mod_last_part = p.tok.lit
+			mod += '.$mod_last_part'
+			p.next()
+			p.check(.dot)
+		}
+		if !p.known_import(mod) {
+			mut msg := 'unknown module `$mod`'
+			if mod.len > mod_last_part.len && p.known_import(mod_last_part) {
+				msg += '; did you mean `$mod_last_part`?'
+			}
+			p.error_with_pos(msg, mod_pos)
+			return 0
+		}
+		if mod in p.imports {
+			p.register_used_import(mod)
+		}
 		// prefix with full module
-		name = '${p.imports[name]}.$p.tok.lit'
+		name = '${p.imports[mod]}.$p.tok.lit'
 		if p.tok.lit.len > 0 && !p.tok.lit[0].is_capital() {
 			p.error('imported types must start with a capital letter')
 			return 0

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_a.out

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_a.vv:2:7: error: unknown module `ui`
+    1 | struct Inter {
+    2 |     code ui.KeyCode
+      |          ~~
+    3 | }

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_a.vv

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+struct Inter {
+	code ui.KeyCode
+}

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_b.out

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_b.vv:2:7: error: unknown module `term.unknownmod`
+    1 | struct Inter {
+    2 |     code term.unknownmod.KeyCode
+      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    3 | }

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_b.vv

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+struct Inter {
+	code term.unknownmod.KeyCode
+}

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_c.out

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_c.vv:4:7: error: unknown module `term.ui`; did you mean `ui`?
+    2 |
+    3 | struct Inter {
+    4 |     code term.ui.KeyCode
+      |          ~~~~~~~
+    5 | }

vlib/v/parser/tests/struct_field_unknown_module_c.vv

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import term.ui
+
+struct Inter {
+	code term.ui.KeyCode
+}