C++ and useful error messages

[pmscott]

On Thursday, December 21, 2000 7:04 PM, Phil Edwards 
[SMTP:pedwards@disaster.jaj.com] wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 12:05:32PM -0000, pmscott wrote:
> > 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)
>
> If you want to change anything, I would recommend one of
>
>   emsg2.C:2: `vector' undeclared (first use in this function)
>   emsg2.C:2: `vector' undeclared (first occurrence in this function)
>

I don't mind the wording, it's the use of a two line (three with the 
split brackets) error message for one error. I spend a lot of time 
stepping past the two extra 'error' lines during initial development, 
and it's quite tricky to specify automatically skipping them in every 
editor I've tried.

Paul