Re: Spell checking identifiers

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Kaz Kylheku <937-053-0959@kylheku.com> schrieb:
> On 2020-06-23, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:
>> 5 |     return j; // the variable, not the type.
>>    |            ^ help: a local variable with a similar name exists: `i`

> I don't find these kinds of childish diagnostic messages useful at all.
>
> They have started to appear in GCC also.

> The good old "undeclared identifier `j`" requires no update, thanks.

At least gcc doesn't do the suggestion in that particular case:

foo.c: In function 'foo':
foo.c:8:7: error: 'j' undeclared (first use in this function)
    8 |     x[j] = a[i] > b[i];
      |       ^
foo.c:8:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

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  Re: Spell checking identifiers Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2020-06-24 03:56 +0800
    Re: Spell checking identifiers gah4@u.washington.edu - 2020-06-23 16:51 -0700
      Re: Spell checking identifiers Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2020-06-25 22:33 +0800
  Re: Spell checking identifiers "Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk.invalid> - 2020-06-24 11:02 +0100
    Re: Spell checking identifiers gah4@u.washington.edu - 2020-06-24 18:28 -0700
      Re: Spell checking identifiers mac <acolvin@efunct.com> - 2020-07-09 16:07 +0000
        Re: Spell checking identifiers Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-07-10 07:12 +0000
          Re: Spell checking identifiers gah4@u.washington.edu - 2020-07-10 13:17 -0700
  Re: Spell checking identifiers Kaz Kylheku <937-053-0959@kylheku.com> - 2020-06-24 18:12 +0000
    Re: Spell checking identifiers Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-06-24 20:08 +0000
      Re: Spell checking identifiers Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2020-06-25 21:44 +0800
  Re: Spell checking identifiers gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com - 2020-06-24 13:08 -0700

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