Timeline for Are very explanatory compiler error messages worth the effort needed to implement them?
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| Sep 15, 2023 at 8:21 | history | undeleted | Michael Homer♦ | ||
| Sep 15, 2023 at 8:21 | history | deleted | Michael Homer♦ | via Vote | |
| Sep 12, 2023 at 15:23 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | "but the marginal per-message improvement is very costly": it's notable that Rust has one very specific contributor, who has been relentlessly polishing error messages for the last decade. He regularly submits multiple small patches a week. So yes, the cost is staggering. I am very thankful to him, though :) | |
| May 19, 2023 at 3:42 | history | answered | Michael Homer♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |