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

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Saturday, September 21, 2013 23:54:26 Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2013-09-22 03:32:26 +0000, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> said:
> > 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.
> 
> I was referring to how the IDE can show the compiler's error messages
> better when the column number is available, not to how it does syntax
> highlighting. Xcode uses this a lot, and clang's error log provides
> full character ranges for errors, not just a column number, making the
> visualization of errors much better and pleasant to work with.
> 
> But indeed, no one *needs* that. Like everything else, it's just a
> convenience.
> 
> I don't think it should be a priority, but rejecting the idea outright
> is shortsighted in my opinion.

I don't think that it's at all worth it for compiling with the compiler on the 
command line. The situation changes somewhat when an IDE gets involved.

- Jonathan M Davis