McManning / McManning/Scratchpad

Improve message display for shader errors

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enhancement good first issue
Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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Description

Add better file/line information and possibly code snippets around the line that caused the shader program to fail to compile/link.

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Research direction

Locate the shader compilation and linking error-reporting path in the Scratchpad repository, then reproduce a shader failure to inspect the current message. Trace what source location and snippet information is available at failure time. Done means shader errors provide better file/line context and, where feasible, nearby source code.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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