Lazarus
Free Pascal => General => Topic started by: 440bx on May 04, 2021, 09:08:38 pm
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Hello,
When {$MODESWITCH NESTEDCOMMENTS OFF} is enabled and the compiler finds a mistakenly nested comment due to a missing "}" (a simple typo or oversight), the compiler tends to emit a slew of warnings (usually one per comment line) until it reaches the end of the source file.
my question is: is there a way to tell the compiler to emit an error and stop the compilation at the first nested comment found ? (second unmatched curly brace "{")
Thank you for your help.
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Afaik if nested comments are off, you revert to TP comments, where a single closing } closes off multiple {'s.
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my question is: is there a way to tell the compiler to emit an error and stop the compilation at the first nested comment found ? (second unmatched curly brace "{")
I kind of remember there being an option to "treat warnings as errors" but I can't find it ATM. What I did find is this compiler option (which might be "it"):
-Sew : Compiler also halts after warnings
Problem is that it affects *all* warnings and the compiler tends to emit tons of those for almost any non-trivial program %) so it might not be that useful to you if you want only that specific warning to stop compilation.
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Afaik if nested comments are off, you revert to TP comments, where a single closing } closes off multiple {'s.
Thank you marco. When I forget a closing curly brace, I get a sea of warnings about level 2 comments until the compiler reaches the end of the file.
It would be nice if there was a way to tell the compiler to stop whenever a second opening curly brace is found. That's what I was hoping the modeswitch would do but, it doesn't do that.
Problem is that it affects *all* warnings and the compiler tends to emit tons of those for almost any non-trivial program %) so it might not be that useful to you if you want only that specific warning to stop compilation.
Thank you lucamar. Yes, that blanket "warning to error" mode could be "inconvenient". <chuckle>