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Re: C++ PATCH:


>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:

Mark> (However, I've never had the time or energy to
Mark> work through the process of implementing the caret approach, which is
Mark> definitely a lot of work, and would necessarily include working
Mark> through issues about the GNU standards for error messages, etc.)

Gabriel> That certainly would require changing many things, e.g. Emacs
Gabriel> support and like.  That is a reason why I approach this issue
Gabriel> conservatively.

I've always assumed that when people talk about the "caret approach"
they are either talking figuratively, including the idea of "just
print the column number"; or additively, meaning that the caret is a
nicety that wouldn't replace printing the file name, line number, and
column number.

The reason I bring this up is that, afaics, emacs already understands
"file:line:column" output, and Per already submitted a patch to have
gcc generate this.  So whatever work remains is presumably just in the
front end(s).

Tom


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