Re: Why can't I compile this unit?

Greg Comeau wrote:
However, there is a minority of cases where the message might be misleading. So, the real question is where to draw a line between verbosity and generality. And it is not an easy question to answer.

It's not, but I'm curious where the line is "incorrect" here.

I don't say that the message from Cameau compiler was incorrect or bad. It is actually better than MS compiler message because of hinting questions, which are right most of the time. I'm trying to say that MS message is not _that_ bad as Ulrich implies. Indeed, it's a sort of "low-level" message ("missing token"). However, in both messages, speaking in C++ terms, it requires some "implicit conversion" in user's mind until he/she gets to real problem:

MS: missing ';' before 'token2' [, therefore something before 'token2' wasn't interpreted as a type name, why is that?]

Cameau: 'pair' is not a template [, but I know it is a template, so why is that message? oh, the question is right about missing namespace!]

So, both messages are quite close while Cameau's is better a bit because a) it says that 'token' was not interpreted as template name and b) it makes a hint, which is useful most of the time.

Alex
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