[Bug c/55336] New: Feature request : message output format XML

[Bug c/55336] New: Feature request : message output format XML

[clemens1509 at web dot de]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55336

             Bug #: 55336
           Summary: Feature request : message output format XML
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: clemens1509@web.de


Every compiler has its own error output format. It would be better for IDE's if
all would have the same error message output syntax.

Benefits:
- easier parsing for all developmetn environments
- compount errors can be handelt together like

Exanmple:

<error index=0 id=W0004711>   !# index starting from zero
  <text file=myfile.cpp line=12345>wrong number of arguments in function
xyz</text>
  <text file=myfile2 line=54321>error occurs at this position</text>
</error>

In this example you can see how it is possible to connect errors together.

[Bug middle-end/55336] Feature request : message output format XML

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55336

Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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          Component|c                           |middle-end

--- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-11-15 08:08:31 UTC ---
I doubt this will be implemented.  The format for GCC's warning and errors are
simple to parse as of right now.  In fact GCC will never have an id to the
warning/error message.

[Bug middle-end/55336] Feature request : message output format XML

[clemens1509 at web dot de]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55336

--- Comment #2 from Clemens <clemens1509 at web dot de> 2012-11-15 08:24:41 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> I doubt this will be implemented.  The format for GCC's warning and errors are
> simple to parse as of right now.  In fact GCC will never have an id to the
> warning/error message.

The idea is not to make parsing more simple, just make parsing common to *all*
compiler.

The second idea is that error messages could be connected together. This is
right now only possible of parser know the semantic of an msg. It can no be
determined from message format itself.

[Bug middle-end/55336] Feature request : message output format XML

[manu at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55336

Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |manu at gcc dot gnu.org
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #3 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-11-15 10:39:35 UTC ---
Hi Clemens,

What IDE? I already implemented a prototype patch for this in PR 19165, and
there was zero interest from any IDE people. I honestly believe that if you
don't have interested people with the access and the time to integrate this
into a major IDE (Eclipse, Kdevelop, Emacs), then it will be a wasted effort.

In any case, nobody currently working on GCC has the time or the interest to
work on such a feature, so you would need to start contributing to GCC or hire
someone to implement it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 19165 ***