zz note: better compiler errors
David Jeske edited this page May 23, 2017
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Irken needs simple things for better compiler errors:
- report the specific character position where errors are detected, like clang ^^^, not just report vague prose errors
- forbid newlines in single-quoted strings, to better catch quoting errors
- support a very fast type-check first pass, so errors can be reported much sooner than in the current compile process.... * integrate with type-aware IDEs for compile-while-editing and constant error reporting
- support syntax-case macros, which can provide much better errors than syntax-rules
- support the compile-time checking of complex embedded DSLs like SQL and format strings - (because embedded DSLs will exist)
- consider adding a non-s-exp syntax, since s-exp syntax is not great for clear error reporting