C++ and useful error messages

[pmscott]

On Wednesday, December 20, 2000 8:59 PM, Joe Buck 
[SMTP:jbuck@racerx.synopsys.com] wrote:
>
> emsg2.C: In function `int foo()':
> emsg2.C:2: `vector' undeclared (first use this function)
> emsg2.C:2: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
> function
>    it appears in.)
> emsg2.C:2: Perhaps you meant to use `std::vector' ?
> emsg2.C:2: parse error before `>' token
>

Much better: any chance of losing the wordy reported only once... bit?

How about changing:

emsg2.C:2: `vector' undeclared (first use this function)
emsg2.C:2: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
function it appears in.)

to:

emsg2.C:2: `vector' undeclared (will not report it again for this 
function)


The single line error will also be less of a pain in editors which 
parse the errors for you.

Thanks,

Paul Scott