Arthur Schwarz writes:
> In the following code fragment:
>
> # include
> # include
> # include
>
> using namespace std;
> void CommandLine(int argc, char** argv);
> int main(int argc, char** argv) {
>CommandLine(argc, argv[]);
>ifstream x.open(argv[1], ios:in);
>ofstream y.open(arg
2009/4/14 Arthur Schwarz :
>
> And there are competitive compilers. Some with better messaging and better
> messaging resources at the very point where g++ is weakest. You might argue
> that they are 'better in what way?', but I think the real argument is in what
> ways can these other products
The issues grow ever more complex. Suppose that we're dealing with macro's,
some similarly named, and there's a typo. Suppose several layers of template
expansion are involved and nested deep within one there is some error. Suppose,
suppose ... .
The motivation is not to expand the problem do
2009/4/14 Kai Henningsen:
> aschwarz1...@verizon.net schrieb:
>>
>> Thanks Kai. I do have what I hope is a more specific subjective reason for
>> saying that I think the existing diagnostics should be changed.
>> Fundamentally, what is provided in the messaging is not an indication of
>> what is wr
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:21 AM, wrote:
>
> Thanks Kai. I do have what I hope is a more specific subjective reason for
> saying that I think the existing diagnostics should be changed.
> Fundamentally, what is provided in the messaging is not an indication of what
> is wrong, but an indication
aschwarz1...@verizon.net schrieb:
Thanks Kai. I do have what I hope is a more specific subjective reason for
saying that I think the existing diagnostics should be changed. Fundamentally,
what is provided in the messaging is not an indication of what is wrong, but an
indication of what is requ
rch goes the way of the woolly-mammoth.
The paradigm is that the message should provide the minimum amount of
information required to identify the syntax/semantics which caused the failure.
art
--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> From: Kai Henningsen
> Subject: Re: messaging
Arthur Schwarz schrieb:
In the following code fragment:
# include
# include
# include
using namespace std;
void CommandLine(int argc, char** argv);
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
CommandLine(argc, argv[]);
ifstream x.open(argv[1], ios:in);
ofstream y.open(argv[1], ios::in);
