Re: problems with identifiers and keywords...

Gene Wirchenko <genew@mail.ocis.net>
14 Nov 2004 22:39:27 -0500

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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@mail.ocis.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Nov 2004 22:39:27 -0500
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References: 04-10-148 04-10-170 04-10-174 04-11-008 04-11-011
Keywords: parse, design
Posted-Date: 14 Nov 2004 22:39:26 EST

glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:


[snip]


>Another problem is that many compilers aren't good at giving a
>meaningful diagnostic when a keyword is used as an identifier.


          My contributions to the world of compilers:


                    Keyword "KW" is not legal in this context.


                    You can not use the keyword "KW" here.


                    An identifier was expected, but the keyword "KW" was
encountered. Change the keyword to a valid identifier.


                    Illegal positioning of control phrase in id-use context.
(#24F9)


          (Just joking about the last one.) Really, I think something like
this is fairly obvious. Am I missing something about the matter?


Sincerely,


Gene Wirchenko

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