Error message improvement ideas

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2015-12-18 19:55, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

> Moreover, I wouldn't mind if the compiler had an error output format
> that could spit out xml or something for computer consumption, with the
> same level of detail (if not more). If I were overhauling it all, I'd
> make all error messages inside the compiler be marked up to the max,
> then the top layer prints them appropriately for the device it is
> talking to (so disabling color on pipes, pretty printing for users, etc)

Seems like a really nice idea. Although, the (XML) output should contain 
the semantic meaning not how it should be displayed. That is, it should 
contain something like <no-match>int</no-match> rather than <red>int</red>.

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/Jacob Carlborg