Re: Error messages

Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Date	2015-07-17 20:11 -0700
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Subject	Re: Error messages
From	Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com>

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On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 8:36:54 PM UTC-4, jacobnavia wrote:
> When missing an include file, c++ emits a parse error.
> 
> When I complained about it, people told me that lcc-win stops with a 
> "syntax error" what is barely better.
> 
Writing error messages in actually much more difficult that you may expect, in compilers and in applications. It is very difficult to write a message that presents the error in the context of the user instead of the programmer of the compiler or application.

I'm not saying it is impossible, just very difficult (especially considering a wide range of end users from novices to experts.

Sometimes you just have to shrug and move on.

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Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 02:36 +0200
  Re: Error messages Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-17 01:51 +0100
    Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-16 18:24 -0700
      Re: Error messages Lőrinczy Zsigmond <nospam@for.me> - 2015-07-17 09:31 +0200
        Re: Error messages Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-17 08:35 +0100
          Re: Error messages glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-17 09:11 +0000
            Re: Error messages Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-17 10:30 +0100
            Re: Error messages Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-17 21:44 +1200
              Re: Error messages Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-17 12:55 +0100
              Re: Error messages Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-07-17 19:53 +0200
              Re: Error messages glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-17 17:55 +0000
                Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-17 14:19 -0400
            Re: Error messages raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-19 21:44 +0000
        Re: Error messages gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-07-17 07:38 +0000
          Re: Error messages Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-17 09:58 +0200
            Re: Error messages gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-07-17 13:32 +0000
      Re: Error messages Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-18 11:13 +0100
  Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-16 22:36 -0400
  Re: Error messages Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2015-07-17 13:05 +0800
    Re: Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 09:48 +0200
      Re: Error messages David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 19:23 -0700
        Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-17 21:24 -0700
          Re: Error messages David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 18:29 -0700
            Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-18 20:59 -0700
              Re: Error messages David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 19:22 -0700
            Re: Error messages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-21 11:40 +0200
              Compiler conformance (Was: Error messages) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-07-21 11:40 +0000
                Re: Compiler conformance Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-21 14:01 +0200
                Re: Compiler conformance gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-07-21 13:47 +0000
        Re: Error messages Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2015-07-18 13:38 +0800
    Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-17 07:54 -0700
      Re: Error messages raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-19 22:00 +0000
        Re: Error messages Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-19 19:47 -0400
  Re: Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 10:06 +0200
  Re: Error messages Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-17 12:07 +0100
  Re: Error messages Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-17 13:14 +0200
    Re: Error messages Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-17 12:40 +0100
  Re: Error messages gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 04:32 -0700
    Re: Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 14:15 +0200
      Re: Error messages gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 05:25 -0700
        Re: Error messages Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-17 13:34 +0100
          Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-17 08:07 -0700
        Re: Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 14:38 +0200
          Re: Error messages Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-17 08:50 -0500
            Re: Error messages jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-17 16:08 +0200
              Re: Error messages Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-17 09:24 -0500
                Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-17 12:26 -0400
                Re: Error messages Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-17 13:19 -0500
                Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-17 14:28 -0400
                Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-17 14:43 -0400
                Re: Error messages Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-17 20:31 +0100
                Re: Error messages Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-18 08:41 -0500
                Re: Error messages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-21 12:25 +0200
                Re: Error messages James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-21 13:20 -0400
                Re: Error messages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-22 00:05 +0200
          Re: Error messages Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-17 16:16 +0200
            Re: Error messages doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2015-07-17 14:49 +0000
              Re: Error messages Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-17 20:02 +0200
                Re: Error messages The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> - 2015-07-17 22:24 +0000
                Re: Error messages Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-07-20 10:46 +0200
                Re: Error messages doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2015-07-20 14:59 +0000
          Re: Error messages Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-17 08:25 -0700
      Re: Error messages raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-19 22:07 +0000
  Re: Error messages Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 20:11 -0700

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