Re: gnubol: Re: which parser tool

[Tim Josling <TIMJOSLING@prodigy.net>]

Error API is probably a good idea; wirth thinking about. The Russian Amory has
such a facility I believe.

The reference to processing text is basically that bison gives you a choice of
error messages out of the parser:

1. "Syntax error"
2. "Syntax error in line x at token 'abc' expecting 'def' or 'ghi'".

I like parser error messages that say what they are expecting because it gives
you clues about what the compiler is thinking and  a way to diagnose the problem.
So I want to use that text, but to pretty it up.Potentially I could re-encode it
I guess. Anyway this one (parse errors) is only in one place so I can fix it up
any time.

Tim Josling

RKRayhawk@aol.com wrote:

> I can scan for this in the error
>  messages and fix them up to meaningful values including removing tk_.
>   >>
>
> In addition to gravitating to an API for error processing, let me urge a
> complete and total externalization of error text.



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