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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc: Fran?ois-Xavier Coudert <fxcoudert@gmail.com>,
	        Bud Davis <bdavis9659@sbcglobal.net>,
	Tobias Burnus <burnus@net-b.de>,
	        fortran@gcc.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs and GFortran
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:23:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061031042312.GA10500@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buoslh5f8lm.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:49:09PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
> >> > Frankly, I strongly prefer the current error formating.
> >
> > I agree with FX.
> 
> So, _every single detail_ of the current error message format is sacred?

Of course not!   OTOH, with so little time and so few people
working of making gfortran actuallyi work as a compiler, these
little suggest are way of the radar.  

> What's being suggested is a fairly minor change -- the bulk of the error
> messages would remain exactly the same.

You apparently have never looked at the source code or the
gfortran testsuite.  You underestimate the impact of your
demand.

> [Surely you recognize the worth of such standardization?]

Don't be condescending!  I've spent the last 3 to 4 years 
fixing gfortran either through my own patches or reviewing 
the patches of others. 

> > Are you aware that gfortran can report errors that span multiple lines?
> 
> All we want is enough information to get close; the first line will do
> in such cases.

You have the source code.  Get a copyright assignment.
Submit a patch.

-- 
Steve


  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-31  4:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <45462048.8020102@net-b.de>
     [not found] ` <20061030161402.15694.qmail@web81209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
2006-10-30 16:18   ` Emacs and GFortran François-Xavier Coudert
2006-10-31  1:59     ` Miles Bader
2006-10-31  2:46       ` Steve Kargl
2006-10-31  3:49         ` Miles Bader
2006-10-31  4:23           ` Steve Kargl [this message]
2006-10-31  5:39         ` stephen
2006-10-31 16:40         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-10-30 10:32 Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-30 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-30 15:27   ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-30 15:38     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-30 16:14       ` Steve Kargl
2006-10-30 18:28         ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-30 20:35           ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-30 21:00             ` Tobias Burnus
2006-10-31  8:32               ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-31 10:54               ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-31 16:06                 ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-10-31 23:24                   ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-30 21:16             ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-30 19:16 ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-30 21:13   ` Steve Kargl
2006-10-31  4:02     ` Miles Bader
2006-10-31  4:31     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-31  4:31       ` Steve Kargl
2006-10-31 22:07         ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-01  2:13         ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01  2:16           ` Miles Bader
2006-10-31  6:11     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-31  6:43       ` FX Coudert
2006-11-01  2:14         ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01  2:23           ` Miles Bader
2006-10-31  8:26     ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-31 15:10       ` Steve Kargl
2006-10-31 15:47         ` Angelo Graziosi
2006-10-31 16:00           ` Chong Yidong
2006-11-01 16:40           ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01 17:37             ` Warren Turkal
2006-11-01 18:03               ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-01 20:37                 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-01 20:39                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-01 21:30                   ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-01 21:51                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-01 22:35                       ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-01 22:49                         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-01 23:26                           ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-01 23:35                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-02  3:12                               ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-03  2:40                                 ` Chong Yidong
2006-11-03  3:32                                   ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-03 10:05                                   ` David Kastrup
2006-11-03  2:44                                 ` Chong Yidong
2006-11-02 13:26                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-02 19:00                               ` Thomas Koenig
2006-11-02 20:22                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-02 20:32                                   ` David Kastrup
2006-11-03 13:26                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-02 20:38                                   ` Thomas Koenig
2006-11-02 20:43                                   ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-03 12:30                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-03 12:58                                       ` David Kastrup
2006-11-03 13:40                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-02 22:27                                   ` François-Xavier Coudert
2006-11-03 12:51                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-03  0:43                                   ` Steven Bosscher
2006-11-03  1:08                                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2006-11-03  1:21                                       ` Steve Kargl
2006-11-03  2:32                                         ` Brooks Moses
2006-11-03 18:59                                           ` Nick Roberts
2006-11-03 20:27                                             ` Brooks Moses
2006-11-15  4:09                                             ` Brooks Moses
2006-11-15  4:30                                               ` Nick Roberts
2006-11-15  5:09                                                 ` Brooks Moses
2006-11-15  7:57                                                   ` Nick Roberts
2006-11-15  9:03                                                     ` David Kastrup
2006-11-15  8:43                                                   ` David Kastrup
2006-11-15  9:14                                                     ` Andrew Pinski
2006-11-15  9:16                                                       ` David Kastrup
2006-11-16  6:23                                                       ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-03  7:06                                       ` Steven Bosscher
2006-11-03 13:10                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-04  6:37                                       ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-03 13:05                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-31 23:01         ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-02 22:20           ` Paul Thomas
2006-11-03 12:45             ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-03 13:14               ` David Kastrup
2006-11-03 13:42                 ` Eli Zaretskii

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