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<a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/88502>88502</a>
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Poor readability of error messages with empty NTTPs
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new issue
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mpusz
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<pre>
The following example https://godbolt.org/z/WxshW9nx1 prints plenty of curly braces in the error message:
```text
<source>:18:24: error: no matching function for call to 'time_to_goal'
18 | const quantity ttg = time_to_goal(half_marathon_distance, pace);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
<source>:9:28: note: candidate template ignored: constraints not satisfied [with distance:auto = quantity<kilo_<metre>{}, double>, speed:auto = quantity<derived_unit<second, per<kilo_<metre>>>{}, double>]
9 | QuantityOf<isq::time> auto time_to_goal(QuantityOf<isq::length> auto distance, QuantityOf<isq::speed> auto speed)
| ^
<source>:9:80: note: because 'QuantityOf<mp_units::quantity<mp_units::derived_unit<mp_units::si::second, mp_units::per<mp_units::si::kilo_<mp_units::si::metre> > >{{{}}}>, isq::speed>' evaluated to false
9 | QuantityOf<isq::time> auto time_to_goal(QuantityOf<isq::length> auto distance, QuantityOf<isq::speed> auto speed)
| ^
/opt/compiler-explorer/libs/mp-units/trunk/src/core/include/mp-units/bits/quantity_concepts.h:64:37: note: because 'QuantitySpecOf<std::remove_const_t<decltype(quantity<derived_unit<second, per<kilo_<metre> > >{{{}}}, double>::quantity_spec)>, struct speed{{{}}}>' evaluated to false
64 | concept QuantityOf = Quantity<Q> && QuantitySpecOf<std::remove_const_t<decltype(Q::quantity_spec)>, QS>;
| ^
/opt/compiler-explorer/libs/mp-units/trunk/src/core/include/mp-units/bits/quantity_spec_concepts.h:149:73: note: because 'implicitly_convertible(mp_units::kind_of_<mp_units::derived_quantity_spec<mp_units::isq::time, mp_units::per<mp_units::isq::length> > >{}, struct speed{{{}}})' evaluated to false
149 | QuantitySpec<T> && QuantitySpec<std::remove_const_t<decltype(QS)>> && implicitly_convertible(T{}, QS) &&
| ^
1 error generated.
Compiler returned: 1
```
If those curlies could be collapsed into one pair only, the error message would be much more readable.
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