On Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 14:17:41 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> Similarly, what I want to see in the future is highlighting of specific parts of code where the error applies.


Fear me. I combined Walter's code with my own to form some kind of Voltron!

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6806

On Thursday, 18 May 2017 at 01:52:17 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 14:17:41 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> Similarly, what I want to see in the future is highlighting of specific parts of code where the error applies.
>
>
> Fear me. I combined Walter's code with my own to form some kind of Voltron!
>
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6806

I think the compiler's error design could use a complete overhaul. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be wise to start a new git branch for all changes to error messages. Call it `stderr.experimental` or something cute like that. The idea is that D won't break people's test code that checks error output until a more complete design has been worked out and approved of. I'm not in favor of or against this idea. I just wanted to propose it.