D2 is really that stable as it is claimed to be?

Jonathan M Davis jmdavisProg at gmx.com
Sat Sep 21 20:32:26 PDT 2013


On Saturday, September 21, 2013 23:17:23 Michel Fortin wrote:
> Column values are of interest in an IDE because it can pinpoint the
> error more precisely. The IDE can show exactly where the error is (for
> instance with a dotted red underline), often allowing you to fix the
> error without even reading the error message (especially when it's a
> typo). With a background-compilation-as-you-type system you know almost
> immediately when you make an error, and you know where it is.

A lexer being used by an IDE definitely needs the column number, but the normal 
compiler doesn't.

- Jonathan M Davis


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