Error message formatting feature request
Jeremiah Willcock
jewillco@osl.iu.edu
Wed Sep 1 19:42:00 GMT 2010
When compiling a program such as:
template <typename T>
void foo(T, typename T::type c) {c.y();}
struct x {typedef int type;};
void f() {foo(x(), 3);}
GCC 4.5.0 (correctly) produces the error message:
foo.cpp: In function Β‘void foo(T, typename T::type) [with T = x, typename
T::type = int]Β’:
foo.cpp:4:21: instantiated from here
foo.cpp:2:34: error: request for member Β‘yΒ’ in Β‘cΒ’, which is of non-class
type Β‘x::typeΒ’
My feature request is to have the comma between "T = x" and "typename
T::type = int" replaced by a semicolon. In larger programs, the types
given in the error message often themselves contain commas, while they do
not typically contain semicolons. Thus, this change would make the error
messages easier to understand (and, in particular, to skim).
-- Jeremiah Willcock
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