More Clang diagnostic

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 26/10/2010 04:42, Walter Bright wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> On 10/25/2010 19:01, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Yes, we discussed it before. The Digital Mars C/C++ compiler does this,
>>> and NOBODY CARES.
>>> Not one person in 25 years has ever even commented on it. Nobody
>>> commented on its lack in dmd.
>>
>> I think someone just did.
>
> Only because clang made a marketing issue out of it. Nobody coming from
> dmc++ noticed.
>
> I used to point out this feature in dmc++ to users. Nobody cared, I'd
> just get blank looks. Why would I drop it if people wanted it?
>

Could this be because of some particular bias or idiosyncrasy on the 
part of dmc++ users? Any idea what the C++ user community at large would 
think of a such a feature, prior to Clang?

I'm trying to think back to days when I used VS C++ 6 and VS C++ 2003, 
but I can't remember if the error messages were just line-based, or had 
more precision than that.


As for me, I think this functionality is useful, but only significantly 
so when integrated into an IDE/editor.

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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer