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Re: is this GNAT error message confusing or am I confused or both?

From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus at futureapps dot de>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:22:24 +0100
Subject: Re: is this GNAT error message confusing or am I confused or both?
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References: <10501070256.AA12703@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <41DDFB15.1010204@adacore.com>

Robert Dewar wrote:

Richard Kenner wrote:

I'd reword it as
    selected component has invalid prefix "X"

or
    "X" is an invalid prefix of a selected component

that sounds like a reasonable suggestion. [...] it indeed may
make things clearer

I for one find these messages easier to follow.

Maybe less clear but in line with the other "invalids"

invalid prefix of a selected component: "X"

Or, if possible

invalid prefix to selector: "X"

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