An example of Clang error messages

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 3/4/10 20:19, Walter Bright wrote:
> Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> You should try Digital Mars C. Its error messages are similar to that,
>> though I don't think it has the built in spellchecker.
>>
>> The ^ pointing to where it is on the line is something it's done for many
>> many years, though it isn't really that useful anyway in practice.

Why would you remove such a useful feature if it's already implemented? 
I think too often people just complain when they don't like something 
and when they do like something they just sit silently. Perhaps they use 
IDEs when compiling that take them directly to the file and line number 
when they get a compiler error.

> I dropped the ^ thing that showed the source line and position where the
> error was, because nobody ever said they liked it.
>
> There's always space for improvement in error messages. Note that clang
> is a C compiler, not a C++ one. It's a *lot* harder to generate sensible
> error messages for C++ than a simple language like C.
>
> The spell checker idea is a good one.