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Sort error messages by file and line number #36229
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It would be more clear if error messages were printed out sorted. Say, by filename and then by line within a given file. Currently it seems like they are printed in the order they were emitted, which is mostly arbitrary.
cc @whitequark
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TimNN commentedon Sep 3, 2016
Related: #32650.
Mark-Simulacrum commentedon Jun 4, 2017
Nominating for compiler team discussion, though I'm inclined to close for similar reasons as #32650 -- it seems unlikely to get implemented and largely impractical; and should be done by an external tool probably.
nikomatsakis commentedon Jun 8, 2017
Discussed in the compiler team mtg. We agree with @Mark-Simulacrum's assessment. Going to close.
Among other things, buffering up errors is not good (takes a long time to see anything), and in an IDE it's a moot point. I also think that ordering by filename/line is not always what you want either.