Re: feature request

[David Skinner <dskinner at nersc dot gov>]

Hi Sam,

I was thinking more generally than just semicolons. Any single line 
based syntax problem could report the context in the source in which the 
error was encountered.

-David

Sam Lauber wrote:
> I agree with you. It's very frustrating when I forget the semicolon and GCC says that. But I have an idea:
>
> code: return "something" /* no semicolon */
>
> GCC:
> somefile.c:35: no semicolon at end of line
>
> I think that would be a good idea. Maybe there could be an option -falternitive-semicolons that switches between your behavior, my behavior, and the default.
>
> Samuel Lauber
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Skinner <dskinner@nersc.gov>
> To: gcc@gnu.org
> Subject: feature request
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:08:09 -0800
>
>
> > could this sort of output :
> >
> > gcc -O2 -g -c -DLINUX_X86 -I../include -DIPM_SYSLOG_DIR="\"/doesnotexist\""
> > -DPENTIUM_M -I/usr/common/usg/papi/3.0b4//include -DHPM_PAPI
> > -DPENTIUM_M libipm.c
> > libipm.c: In function `ipm_report':
> > libipm.c:5650: syntax error before ';' token
> > make[1]: *** [libipm.a] Error 1
> >
> > be augmented with a line or two given context of the error?
> >
> >
> > gcc -O2 -g -c -DLINUX_X86 -I../include -DIPM_SYSLOG_DIR="\"/doesnotexist\""
> > -DPENTIUM_M -I/usr/common/usg/papi/3.0b4//include -DHPM_PAPI
> > -DPENTIUM_M libipm.c
> > libipm.c: In function `ipm_report':
> > libipm.c:5650: syntax error before ';' token
> > libipm.c:  /* print stuff */
> > libipm.c:  printf("I forgot the semicolon\n")
> > libipm.c:  printf("I remembered it this time :)\n");
> > make[1]: *** [libipm.a] Error 1