Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!texbell!vector!chip From: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: comp.unix.xenix Keywords: cc error messages in SCO UNIX System V/386 r3.2 Message-ID: <1123@vector.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 26 Nov 89 01:24:10 GMT References: <529@s5.Morgan.COM> <69@van-bc.UUCP> <1989Nov25.204009.246@xenitec.on.ca> Reply-To: chip@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG (Chip Rosenthal) Organization: Dallas Semiconductor Lines: 21 >> cc1: Warning: foo.c: line 5: Inserting Missing Semicolon >> printf("hello, world!\n") >> ----------------------------^ Oh yeah, don't terse error messages stink. For example, on one system I get such wonderfully helpful diagnostic messages like this: ccom: Error: foo.c, line 7: foobar undefined (--( (&_iob[1]))->_cnt < 0 ? _flsbuf((unsigned char) ((foobar)), ( (&_iob[1]))) : (int) (*( (&_iob[1]))->_ptr++ = (unsigned char) ((foobar)))); ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------^ Besides, be careful what you ask for. You might get it. My guess is that folks who want compilers to correct dumb mistakes have never worked with one which did. -- Chip Rosenthal /// chip@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG /// texbell!chinacat!chip ===> By the time you receive this, will be inactive. ===> Please send replies to .