Hello D Community Members,

I am seeking a mentor to guide me on a project to improve error messages in the DMD compiler. This project is a part of Symmetry Autumn of Code (SAOC) 2024.

You can find the details of my project on GitHub: Improve D Error Messages.

More details about SAOC 2024 can be found here: SAOC.

If you have experience with compiler development and are interested in mentoring, or if you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Thank you!

On Tuesday, 6 August 2024 at 13:19:29 UTC, Royal Simpson Pinto wrote:

Exciting project!

I'm not sure if it's of any use, but I have 2 unsuccessful PRs addressing error messages:

1. https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/12526 - the code is awful (and outdated), don't even bother looking at it, but the PR descriptions + comments grants some insight and links into previous discussions around error messages.

2. https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15197 - a slightly more structured approach code-wise, though doesn't have much in the way of discussions like the other PR does. A good example of what not to do still though.

On Tuesday, 6 August 2024 at 13:19:29 UTC, Royal Simpson Pinto wrote:

I wrote the original proposal for this one, very happy to mentor you if you apply.

On Tuesday, 6 August 2024 at 13:19:29 UTC, Royal Simpson Pinto wrote:

Hi Pinto,

Even though Max would be your formal mentor, I can also assist/help you to get things rolling.

Regards,
RazvanN

On Tuesday, 6 August 2024 at 16:32:45 UTC, Bradley Chatha wrote:

Thank you for sharing these PRs with me, Bradley!

I'll review the PR descriptions and comments to gain more insight into the discussions around error messages.

On Tuesday, 6 August 2024 at 20:30:00 UTC, max haughton wrote:

Thank you so much for your offer to mentor me, Max!

I’m thrilled to have your support and will definitely apply.

On Wednesday, 7 August 2024 at 07:35:17 UTC, RazvanN wrote:

Thank you for offering to assist alongside Max, RazvanN. I’m looking forward to working with you!