Re: What VMS does RIGHT!


LOL!!!

Steven M. Schweda wrote:
From: John Santos <john@xxxxxxx>

John, you're probably the right person to suggest this to :-) ...

How about a compiler qualifier that limits the number of errors generated
before it aborts? E.G. /ERROR_LIMIT=<n>


You mean like:

CC

/ERROR_LIMIT

/ERROR_LIMIT[=number]
/NOERROR_LIMIT

Limits the number of Error-level diagnostic messages that are
acceptable during program compilation. Compilation terminates when
the limit (number) is exceeded. /NOERROR_LIMIT specifies that
there is no limit on error messages.

The default is /ERROR_LIMIT=30, which specifies that compilation
terminates after 31 error messages.

???


I looked at HELP BASIC before posting just to make sure I wasn't
missing something that had been implemented years ago, but didn't
bother to look at C!

Since my proposed syntax was exactly the same as what C actually
does, it was probably lurking in the back of my brain somewhere.
I'm sure I must have read the help at some point. :-) :-) :-)

It's probably way too late to claim independent discovery :-(

alp $ cc /version
HP C V7.1-015 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2

So okay, let's start over....

Hey, John Reagan! How ya doin'? Could you please implement C's
"/ERROR_LIMIT" qualifier in other languages? Thanks in advance.




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