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Re: [PATCH] caret diagnostics
* Tom Tromey wrote on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:52:24PM CEST:
> I'm sympathetic to the idea that switching to caret output by default
> will break things. However, I don't think that GCS-style ranges are
> necessarily any more reality-proof, because I am skeptical that most
> tool developers read this document when deciding how to parse GCC's
> output.
The GCS document helps not only to let tool developers know how output
of programs they parse looks like; more importantly, it helps ensure
that output from different programs is consistent.
If the GCS-style is not powerful enough to meet GCC's needs, then please
let's not only improve GCC, but the GCS document also, so that other
programs improve compatibly.
Cheers,
Ralf