[SAOC 2024] Improve D Error Messages - Weekly Update #8

Royal Simpson Pinto royalpinto007 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 11 06:22:21 UTC 2024


## Summary of Progress (November 04 – November 10)
This week, I focused on refining SARIF report generation, 
including handling successful executions, consolidating reports, 
and implementing regular expressions to improve version detail 
accuracy.

### What I Worked On:

- **Key PRs**:

   1) feat(errors): generate sarif report on successful execution 
[#17052](https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/17052)

      - Implemented the generation of SARIF reports for successful 
executions, allowing the compiler to document not only errors but 
also instances where the code compiled successfully. This 
enhancement provides a fuller view of the compilation process and 
improves tracking of build outcomes.

   2) feat(errors): consolidate multiple sarif reports into a 
single report [#17054](https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/17054)

      - Worked on merging multiple SARIF reports into a single 
comprehensive report, especially for cases where multiple errors 
or informational messages are generated. This consolidated format 
improves readability and simplifies report parsing.

### Learning and Implementation:
- I also worked on learning regular expressions (regex) to 
improve data handling within SARIF test reports. Specifically, I 
implemented regex patterns to accurately capture version 
information, ensuring consistency and accuracy in version fields 
across the TEST_OUTPUT.

### Challenges:
- Combining multiple SARIF reports while preserving the correct 
format and structure, especially with the addition of successful 
execution data, presented some challenges.

### Next Steps:
- Develop additional utilities for enhanced error handling, such 
as customizable error messages and extended formatting options.
- Explore ways to implement visual markers like squiggles and 
carets to make error messages more user-friendly and intuitive.
- Document these error-handling utilities to facilitate future 
integration and customization.


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