October 28, 2010
Walter Bright Wrote:

> bearophile wrote:
> > Another diagnostic feature is to not just use the caret (we have discussed about it time ago) but it also underlines the wrong part:
> > 
> >   t.c:7:39: error: invalid operands to binary expression ('int' and 'struct A')
> >     return y + func(y ? ((SomeA.X + 40) + SomeA) / 42 + SomeA.X : SomeA.X);
> >                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~
> 
> 
> Yes, we discussed it before. The Digital Mars C/C++ compiler does this, and
> NOBODY CARES.
> Not one person in 25 years has ever even commented on it. Nobody commented on
> its lack in dmd.
> It's a waste of time to implement things nobody cares about.

I think that is a nice feature to have in a compiler. No life-chaging, no critical, but still nice.