Show faulty file(s) and line(s) while compiling

flotul · Post by **flotul** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:24 pm

Hi,

When I compile my progs that (unfortunately) contain errors, I'm having a hard time to find out where the problem is since the LBB compiler doesn't tell me the faulty file (especially in case of includes) neither the corresponding line.

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The compiler will give you little info (in this example a quote is missing) but that's all.

Is there a setting I'm missing?

If not, a more "verbose" output could be really helpfull

Roger

Post by **guest** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:09 pm

flotul wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:24 pm The compiler will give you little info (in this example a quote is missing) but that's all.

The "11 out of 108 lines processed" should give you some idea where the problem is.

If not, a more "verbose" output could be really helpfull

LBB was originally designed to 'boost' programs that had already been successfully tested and debugged in LB4, so error reporting was a relatively low priority. Sorry.

flotul · Post by **flotul** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:53 pm

No, the indicated line numbers are not helpfull at all since it can happen in any included file - so no clue where the error can be

Moreover, once you start to use LBB only, some small syntax differences between LB and LBB don't make it easy to compile in LB and boost with LBB as it should.

Was just a suggestion...

Post by **guest** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:45 pm

flotul wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:53 pm No, the indicated line numbers are not helpfull at all since it can happen in any included file

If the error happens in an included file, the indicated line number should correspond to the 'include statement itself, so you can then study that file separately (e.g. try to compile it) to discover where the error is. If the line corresponding to the indicated line number is not a 'include statement, then that line should be where the error is!

Was just a suggestion...

LB Booster is not maintained. The links in the Help menu to the Discussion Group and the Message Board don't even work, because they point to resources that closed down years ago. Your suggestion would mean taking it out of mothballs so it could once again be modified and re-built. That's a lot to ask (and risky, too)!

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