Bug#831755: print column numbers in error messages too

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson jidanni at jidanni.org
Tue Jul 19 05:28:42 UTC 2016


Package: perl
Version: 5.22.2~rc1-1
Severity: wishlist

> syntax error at ./s line 71, near "$h{"

OK but if there are two of them, one near the front of line 71, one near
the back, the user will be sent on a wild goose chase for maybe hours probably,

That's why perl should print the column number as well as the row.

Emacs' compile-mode is ready for it.




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