Re: [re2c-general] supporting Gnu-format error messages

[Ulya T. <skv...@gm...>]

>> - what about the errors/warnings that have no column info?
> 
> Then the column is left out. This is from the Gnu coding standards:
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Errors

Ah, thanks. Probably worth referencing somewhere in the comments.

> Even without a new option, we still have to pass 'opts' to the error
> message functions, since that holds the current file name.

I think it is better to pass the filename only rather than the entire
'opts' (unless the message depends on other options).

> One approach would be to simply change the error message format, then
> see whether it would be better to introduce an option or change the test
> expected results.

The changes should be trivial (easily verifiable with a simple shell
script, except maybe for a couple of tests that include binary blobs).

> I've cloned from the SourceForge repository.

The primary repository is on github:

    https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c.git

Sourceforge is a mirror and may be slightly outdated (as of now it is
one commit behind github).


Ulya