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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu ("Eric Pepke")
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Subject: Re: MPW wish list
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Date: 13 Feb 90 14:28:38 GMT
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In article <2930@draken.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon Watte) 
writes:
> _My_ pet peeve is that THINK C halts at the first error encountered.
> It could give a list of errors, like the link error list, and have a
> "Next Error" menu item / key (Like EMACS !)

De gustibus non disputandum est.  Personally, I like this feature.  Except 
when I am converting a large code from some other source, I seldom get 
more than one or two errors in a file.  Part of the reason for this is 
that Think C makes checking syntax quite painless, so I do it often.  I 
have used boatloads of other, more traditional compilers, both C and 
Pascal, on a variety of computers.  When I see a cascading list of error 
messages, nearly always there is only one real error, and the rest are 
artifacts of the compiler's error recovery algorithm.  It is sometimes 
easy to see which ones are specious by comparing the descriptions, but I 
would rather not be bothered with the red herrings.  Your mileage may vary.

Now, if they would only improve the code generation...

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