Change `ErrorCode` location after the `error:`
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Description
The error code is after the diagnostic message, whereas rustc puts it after the word "error". I could change that in gcc's diagnostic.cc, perhaps.
Originally posted by @davidmalcolm in https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs/pull/1408#issue-1313911460
Currently, the error codes are emitted after the error message in gccrs, we tried to move that after the error:. But we have a fear that it might break other languages frontend.
Funfact: Older versions of rustc also emits error message after the error message. The error code after the
error:is added inrustc 1.12.0
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Start in gcc's diagnostic.cc and compare current gccrs diagnostics with rustc's placement of the error code. Check how the change affects other language frontends, then verify that gccrs emits the code after error: without regressions.
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- Tech stack
- cpp, rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
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