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Re: [Bug middle-end/26061] error and warning count
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:42:43 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [Bug middle-end/26061] error and warning count
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> ------- Comment #2 from hyperquantum at gmail dot com 2006-02-02 14:39 -------
> IMO this is a useful feature because the number of lines of error output that
> GCC produces for a file is not (always) a correct measure for the amount of
> errors and warnings produced for that file. This is because GCC produces not
> only the error messages themselves, but also extra helpful output. And it is
> also nice to see in one fast look how many errors I still have to fix in my
> code.
It is not really a good measure as sometimes fixing one error will fix the rest.
-- Pinski