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From: pete@ics.uci.edu (Peter Miguel Oleary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: ';' inserted (Re: MPW wish list)
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Date: 18 Feb 90 21:12:51 GMT
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Reply-To: pete@ics.uci.edu (Peter Miguel Oleary)
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
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In article <4464@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes:
>
>  One question which has had me guessing for a while is this:  Why is it
>that some compilers use the error message "<symbol> inserted" when they
>really mean that there is a missing symbol and you must insert it yourself?

"<symbol> inserted" means, roughly: "I was expecting to see a <symbol> at
this point but I didn't so now I am going to have to insert a <symbol>
here so that I can continue parsing".  Pick up any good book on compiler
design and look for the chapter on error recovery.

Pete O'Leary.