Error flabergastation

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 08/02/2016 06:56 PM, Mark J Twain wrote:
> winmain.d(40): Error: found 'while' when expecting ';' following statement
> winmain.d(40): Error: unexpected ( in declarator
> winmain.d(40): Error: basic type expected, not &
> winmain.d(40): Error: found '&' when expecting ')'
> winmain.d(40): Error: found 'msg' when expecting ')'
> winmain.d(40): Error: missing { ... } for function literal
> winmain.d(40): Error: found ')' when expecting ';' following statement
> winmain.d(40): Error: found ')' instead of statement
> winmain.d(46): Error: unexpected ( in declarator
> winmain.d(46): Error: basic type expected, not 10
> winmain.d(46): Error: found '10' when expecting ')'
> winmain.d(46): Error: no identifier for declarator Sleep(_error_)
> winmain.d(46): Error: semicolon expected following function declaration
> winmain.d(46): Error: declaration expected, not ')'
> winmain.d(47): Error: unrecognized declaration
>
> all that for a 10 line app that has a missing semicolon after a function
> call! Sleep has nothing to do with it!
>

Walter explains how dmd behaves upon errors here:

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_96Crl998E&index=8&list=PL3jwVPmk_PRyTWWtTAZyvmjDF4pm6EX6z&t=2761

Ali