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Topic: error messages
Group: goals for a programming system
Topic: syntax analysis
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Reference
Kantorowitz, E., Laor, H.,
"Automatic generation of useful syntax error messages",
Software--Practice and Experience, 16, 7, July 1986, pp. 627-640.
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628 ;;Quote: an error handling system most avoid inaccurate messages
| 628+;;Quote: a system should be simple, reliable, and honest
| 628 ;;Quote: the best error message proposes a correction to the error; use only if known
| 628 ;;Quote: if an error may have multiple corrections then report each one
| 628 ;;Quote: reports syntax error by underlining all text which was skipped by compiler
| 628 ;;Quote: report a syntax error by listing the possible symbols at the error location
| 630 ;;Quote: a first order error if only one symbol possible; allows accurate error reporting; if two in a row, reports two close errors
| 631 ;;Quote: second order errors allow multiple symbols; must scan to the recovery symbol for that error; algorithm given
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