[Bug web/85837] Listing of all error and warning messages

[egallager at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85837

Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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                 CC|                            |dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org,
                   |                            |egallager at gcc dot gnu.org

--- Comment #6 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #3)
> (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #0)
> > Now, the GCC manual does not seem include such a listing, and I could not
> > find it on the Wiki either. Assuming it indeed doesn't exist - I believe
> > that it should. If it does exist, then the bug is that it's difficult to
> > notice/locate.
> 
> There's https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/VerboseDiagnostics for a few such errors.
> 
> > Note that to realize such a listing it should be possible to harness more
> > than just the GCC developers, if it's done through the Wiki. (Of course
> > people would need to be attracted to the Wiki to assist in doing this.)
> 
> This absolutely should be done by users, not the GCC developers. We're all
> busy working on GCC already, and if we knew how to make the diagnostics
> easier to understand then we'd already have done it.

This is something David Malcolm sometimes focuses on; cc-ing him.