More Clang diagnostic

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 26.10.2010 7:42, 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?
>
> Clang did have a nice idea with the spelling corrector. I implemented 
> it in dmc and dmd, and got flak for "wasting time" by adding it. I 
> still like it, though, and think it's an improvement :-)
I actually like this  spell-checking thing. It was of great help to me, 
especially while I was just learning D, all those new funny function 
names...
Back then I thought that a mistype was the error #1 :-)

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Dmitry Olshansky