1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/LValue.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/LValue.java
index fcaf3a8342..42b5b097df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/LValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/LValue.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class LValue implements Serializable {
           && !variableType.equals(Environment.NoneType.class)) {
         throw new EvalException(loc, String.format("Incompatible variable types, "
             + "trying to assign %s (type of %s) to variable %s which is already %s",
-            EvalUtils.prettyPrintValue(result),
+            Printer.repr(result),
             EvalUtils.getDataTypeName(result),
             ident.getName(),
             EvalUtils.getDataTypeNameFromClass(variableType)));