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From: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:46:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20010713204605.8372.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> (raw) The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3653; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> To: Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr> Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense Date: 13 Jul 2001 22:39:24 +0200 Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr> writes: > | Besides the misinterpretation by tools, the wrapped output is more > | difficulty to read by humans also: > | > | - the human brain can surveying grouped data faster than ungrouped > | one. The current wrapping destroys grouping. > > Actually, it is the unreadability of the previous formatting which > prompted the implementation of the functionality in discussion. What is more readable: g++3 test.cc -o test test.cc: In function `int main()': test.cc:15: no matching function for call to `foo<std::string, foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > >, foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > > >::bar(const char[3])' test.cc:8: candidates are: void foo<XXX, YYY, ZZZ>::bar() [with XXX = std::string, YYY = foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > >, ZZZ = foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > >] test.cc:9: void foo<XXX, YYY, ZZZ>::bar(int) [with XXX = std::string, YYY = foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > >, ZZZ = foo<std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> >, std::basic_iostream<std::string, std::char_traits<std::string> > >] or g++3 -fmessage-length=0 test.cc -o test test.cc: In function `int main()': test.cc:15: no matching function for call to `foo<std::string, [--> test.cc:8: candidates are: void foo<XXX, YYY, ZZZ>::bar() [with[--> test.cc:9: void foo<XXX, YYY, ZZZ>::bar(int) [w[--> ([--> means horizontal scrolling in XEmacs; on my screen some columns later (at #175)). > | I suggest a value of `0'. ;) ... at least if it is not a tty... > > That is the users's responsability. Why not make it a user responsability to adjust the value if he want line-wrapping? > | [... -fmessage-length=0 option ...] > | Older gcc do not know this option and will fail to compile. > > There are bunch of options there which are recognized by older GCC. Either these options have not changed behavior or there was a technical reason to change it. Enrico
next reply other threads:[~2001-07-13 13:46 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2001-07-13 13:46 Enrico Scholz [this message] -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below -- 2001-07-16 17:06 Enrico Scholz 2001-07-13 20:36 Gabriel Dos Reis 2001-07-13 17:36 Enrico Scholz 2001-07-13 13:56 Enrico Scholz 2001-07-13 13:36 Phil Edwards 2001-07-13 13:26 Enrico Scholz 2001-07-12 12:56 Phil Edwards 2001-07-12 5:06 Gabriel Dos Reis 2001-07-12 4:06 Enrico Scholz 2001-07-12 1:46 Gabriel Dos Reis 2001-07-11 14:56 enrico.scholz
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