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Bug 5521 – DMD 2.051 does not report column number of errors.

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: All
Creation time: 2011-02-02T19:20:00Z
Last change time: 2014-02-13T17:55:27Z
Keywords: pull
Assigned to: nobody
Creator: lewis1711

Comments

Comment #0 by lewis1711 — 2011-02-02T19:20:31Z

When DMD reports an error or warning, only the line number is reported. The column number or horizontal position is not. In this day of relatively large screens, we don't all program with 60 chars per line and I consider this a serious limitation, forcing the user to waste extra time on information the compiler already "knows". I am aware the error reporting process may take longer, but this more than offset by the shorter bug locating time that results. Every modern compiler has this feature, and DMD should follow suit.

Comment #1 by ibuclaw — 2013-03-17T10:21:54Z

Walter's excuse: http://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected]#post-ia59bf:241ps9:241:40digitalmars.com http://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected]?page=2#post-ia5gv1:2427qq:241:40digitalmars.com Maybe people have changed their minds 3 years on... It would certainly be nice to get a proposed feature request on this.

Comment #2 by dlang-bugzilla — 2014-01-27T19:51:56Z

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/3077

Comment #3 by bearophile_hugs — 2014-02-13T17:55:27Z

I am already using this, and it looks good. I have opened Issue 12155 for an improvement.