Re: [DotGNU]Proposal for XML based error reporting

[James Michael DuPont]

Ok Rhys,
I will drop it. I dont need xml, i can parse this in perl very easily.
Your right.

I will make some perlscripts to parse out the errors and help report
the errors to help port some software pnet. Showing you the errors
ares, and what the possible problems are. 

That is my real intent, a simple report that will show you the types of
errors from a compiler run.

mike

--- Rhys Weatherley <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 February 2003 08:07 pm, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> 
> > This will include :
> > 1. Filenames as attributes
> > <error file=./blah.cs line=45 col=32><!--content--></error>
> >
> > [etc]
> 
> A simple perl or awk script will turn the current error output into
> this 
> format if you really want it.  There is no need to modify the
> compiler.
> 
> I've always been against the idea of XML error reporting because as
> far as I 
> can tell, you are the only person in the entire universe who would
> use it (no 
> one else has ever requested it).  This is partly why I rejected your
> previous 
> XML error patch many months ago.  It made the compiler unusable to
> normal 
> users, purely for your own benefit.
> 
> I agree that the errors messages need to be better at describing the
> true 
> source of a problem.  But XML won't magically do that.  Modifying the
> error 
> messages to be more descriptive will, as long as they remain readable
> to 
> humans.
> 
> I may entertain a patch, but only if (a) it is turned *off* by
> default, (b) it 
> does not break any test cases in "cscctest", and (c) it involves the
> minimum 
> change necessary to the code (in cc_errors.c, but not in a million
> places all 
> over the shop).
> 
> Besides, the GNU standard for errors is "filename:line[:col]:
> message".  A lot 
> of tools depend upon that behaviour.  Breaking it is not recommended.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rhys.
> 


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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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