Re: new compile command doesn't coalesce errors on the same line

[Miles Bader]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 07:41:37AM +0100, Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Meanwhile, to the extent I can figure it out, I think this is indeed
> > something else.  Let's just change the code so as to treat
> > contiguous errors as one.
> 
> How contiguous do they have to be?  How many lines apart may they be?  Keep
> this in mind: Where the old compile was bound to line-beginnings, the new
> one can match a location anywhere on a line, even several different kinds
> on the same line as in
>
> What would we gain?  Why would I want to go to the same spot again if it is
> mentioned 3 lines down, but not when it is mentioned on the next line?

It has to _at least_ handle correctly the cases the old compile command did.

Geez, I'm beginning to think it would be easier just to put the old one back.

-Miles
-- 
`Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'