compiler message cannot convert GType to GType

[Brad Roberts]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Ant wrote:

> Brad Roberts wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Ant wrote:
> > 
> > > Ant wrote:
> > > > gobject/ObjectG.d(389): cannot implicitly convert expression
> > > > (objectType) of
> > > > type GType to GType
> > > > 
> > > > All unhelpful compiler message should be marked as high priority bugs.
> > > > this one is just an example
> > > > 
> > > > Ant
> > > Walter, I didn't realized it until now but, as 2 years ago,
> > > I'm spending as much time fighting dmd as I am actually using it... :(
> > > 
> > > hey, but I'm still using it, I didn't go back to c++ ;)
> > > 
> > > Ant
> > 
> > Produce a test case that doesn't involve having to download packages and
> > examine hundreds or thousands of lines of code, and chances are the problem
> > _will_ be fixed.  In this case, you've neither given any indication of what
> > the code actually is, where/how to get it, or how to reproduce the problem.
> 
> that was not my intention, I just want to say that Walter should change
> the priority he is given to dumb compiler message.
> 
> (You could question my choice of posting on the bugs group.)
> 
> Ant

I don't question posting in .bugs at all.  It's entirely appropriate as 
bad error messages are a big part of the usability of the compiler.  Maybe 
not as blocking as a crash, but still worth fixing.

My point is that like any problem report, to be useful it needs to be 
trivially reproducable.  That holds for warnings, errors, crashes, 
whatever.  Just showing the line of output by itself is insufficient in 
most cases.  So, to facilitate getting these issues fixed, tiny test cases 
would be invaluable.

Later,
Brad