[cfe-commits] r63732 - /cfe/trunk/TODO.txt

[Douglas Gregor]

Author: dgregor
Date: Wed Feb  4 07:07:56 2009
New Revision: 63732

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=63732&view=rev
Log:
An idea for limiting diagnostic output, from David Abrahams

Modified:
    cfe/trunk/TODO.txt

Modified: cfe/trunk/TODO.txt
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/TODO.txt?rev=63732&r1=63731&r2=63732&view=diff

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--- cfe/trunk/TODO.txt (original)
+++ cfe/trunk/TODO.txt Wed Feb  4 07:07:56 2009
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@
 X operator++(X&, const float& f); 
   ^              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+For terminal output, we should consider limiting the amount of
+diagnostic text we print once the first error has been
+encountered. For example, once we have produced an error diagnostic,
+we should only continue producing diagnostics until we have produced a
+page full of results (say, 50 lines of text). Beyond that, (1) the
+remaining errors are likely to be less interesting, and (2) the poor
+user has to scroll his terminal to find out where things went wrong.