diff --git a/lib/std/core/builtin.c3 b/lib/std/core/builtin.c3
index 84a0c2536..e09a55c10 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/builtin.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/builtin.c3
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ macro anycast(any v, $Type) @builtin
 	return ($Type*)v.ptr;
 }
 
+<*
+  @return "The value in the pointer"
+  @return? TYPE_MISMATCH
+*>
+macro any.as(self, $Type)
+{
+	if (self.type != $Type.typeid) return TYPE_MISMATCH?;
+	return *($Type*)self.ptr;
+}
+
+<*
+ @require self.type == $Type : "The 'any' contained an unexpected type."
+ @return "The value in the pointer"
+*>
+macro any.to(self, $Type)
+{
+	return *($Type*)self.ptr;
+}
+
 macro bool @assignable_to(#foo, $Type) @const @builtin @deprecated("use '$defined($Type x = #foo)'") => $defined(*&&($Type){} = #foo);
 
 macro @addr(#val) @builtin
diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index bb9ff7e9e..8d81705df 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - `@if($defined((char*){}.foo()))` does not error if `foo` is missing.
 - Hard limit of 127 characters for identifiers.
 - `$$LINE` would sometimes incorrectly be constant.
+- Fix error message when a method has the wrong type for the first argument.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Add `ThreadPool` join function to wait for all threads to finish in the pool without destroying the threads.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 - Return of Thread `join()` is now "@maydiscard".
 - Add `poly1305` one-time Message Authentication Code and associated tests. #2639
 - Add `Elf32_Shdr` and `Elf64_Shdr` to `std::os::linux`.
+- Add `any.to` and `any.as`.
 
 ## 0.7.8 Change list
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_decls.c b/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
index bed9be8a2..856866fb8 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_decls.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static inline bool sema_analyse_signature(SemaContext *context, Signature *sig,
 				inferred_type = method_parent->type;
 				break;
 			case VARDECL_PARAM_CT_TYPE:
-				RETURN_SEMA_ERROR(param, "Expected a parameter of type %s here.", method_parent->type);
+				RETURN_SEMA_ERROR(param, "Expected a parameter of type %s here.", type_quoted_error_string(method_parent->type));
 			default:
 				UNREACHABLE
 		}
@@ -5510,12 +5510,10 @@ bool sema_analyse_method_register(SemaContext *context, Decl *method)
 bool sema_analyse_decl(SemaContext *context, Decl *decl)
 {
 	if (decl->resolve_status == RESOLVE_DONE) return decl_ok(decl);
-
 	DEBUG_LOG(">>> Analyse declaration [%s] in %s.", decl_safe_name(decl), context_filename(context));
 
 	SemaContext temp_context;
 	context = context_transform_for_eval(context, &temp_context, decl->unit);
-
 	if (decl->resolve_status == RESOLVE_RUNNING)
 	{
 		SEMA_ERROR(decl, decl->name
@@ -5595,7 +5593,6 @@ bool sema_analyse_decl(SemaContext *context, Decl *decl)
 	sema_context_destroy(&temp_context);
 
 	DEBUG_LOG("<<< Analysis of [%s] successful.", decl_safe_name(decl));
-
 	return true;
 FAILED:
 	sema_context_destroy(&temp_context);
diff --git a/test/unit/regression/any.c3 b/test/unit/regression/any.c3
index 6050070f9..afa3b39da 100644
--- a/test/unit/regression/any.c3
+++ b/test/unit/regression/any.c3
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ fn void any_compare()
 
 alias AnyAlias = any;
 
+fn void any_to_as()
+{
+	int x = 3;
+	any a = &x;
+	test::eq(a.to(int), 3);
+	test::eq(a.as(int)!!, 3);
+}
+
 fn void test_aliasing()
 {
 	int x;