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Re: Error messages

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Error messages
Date 2015-07-17 12:26 -0400
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On 07/17/2015 10:24 AM, Martin Shobe wrote:
> On 7/17/2015 9:08 AM, jacobnavia wrote:
>> Le 17/07/2015 15:50, Martin Shobe a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Apparently gcc does it for C, but for C++ it is not possible.
>>>
>>> The example he gave for gcc "doing it" was for C++.
>>>
>>> Martin Shobe
>>>
>>
>> No. It just gave a "parse error", not a meaningful message like in C.
> 
> Pay attention. The error message for C++ was the one below. It's the 
> same message as the C one, differing only by the file name.
> 
> foo.cpp: In function 'int main()':
> foo.cpp:3:3: error: 'TYPE' was not declared in this scope
>     TYPE t;
>     ^

You're the one not paying attention. The error message jacob is
rightfully complaining about was generated by g++ 3.2.3 for the
following code:

	 *buf= std::get_temporary_buffer<type>(size);

The error message itself was:

	/usr/source/mysql-5.6.25/sql/filesort_utils.cc:178: parse error
	before `>' token

and, as we now know, was caused by the absence of

	#include <message>

So, at least in that version of g++, the improved error message you
described above had not yet been implemented.

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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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