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Re: libg++-2.8.1.3 and gcc-20000220 CVS
- To: vonbrand at sleipnir dot valparaiso dot cl
- Subject: Re: libg++-2.8.1.3 and gcc-20000220 CVS
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:36:05 -0800
- Cc: doko at cs dot tu-berlin dot de, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdr at codesourcery dot com
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <mark@codesourcery.com><200002210136.e1L1aT218054@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
>>>>> "Horst" == Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> writes:
Horst> Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> said:
>> I think we should make the line-wrapping stuff always output at
>> least k characters after the prefix. That way, even if the
>> prefix is ridiculously long we don't just wrap the message on
>> every line. Let's make `k' be 32 or so, for now.
Horst> Why not chop down the prefix, to something like basename(1)
Horst> does perhaps?
There's arguments both ways. You need the full prefix to make some
tools that parse output work correctly. The EDG front-end does a much
nicer error formatting than we do: one of their tricks is not put the
full line number on each line. That, however, is against some GNU
standards for error output, if I recall correctly.
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