fluffos/docs/lpc/diagnostics.md
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compiler diagnostics

Reading compiler diagnostics

The LPC compiler reports errors and warnings clang-style: a file:line:column header, the offending source line with a gutter, a caret marking the position (with ~~~ ranges for operands where they apply), and follow-up notes.

/cmds/ftpd.lpc:12:5: error: Undefined variable 'mudinfo'
   12 |     mudinfo = query_mud_info();
      |     ^~~~~~~

Macro expansion notes

When the error position is inside a macro expansion, the diagnostic carries one note: expanded from macro '...' per expansion level, each with the macro's definition site and its definition line:

/obj/board.lpc:44:13: error: Illegal type to +
   44 |     total = SUM_OF(a, b);
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~
/include/board.h:7:9: note: expanded from macro 'SUM_OF'
    7 | #define SUM_OF(x, y) ((x) + (y))
      |         ^

Include chains and load reasons

Errors inside an #included file print the chain of includes that got there, and errors while loading an inherited file record why the file was being compiled:

In file included from /cmds/ftpd.lpc:3:
/include/ftpdconf.h:15:1: error: ...
note: while loading '/std/container' inherited by '/std/chest'

Warnings

Warnings use the same format with warning: severity. They do not fail the compile. #pragma no_warnings suppresses them for the rest of the file (see pragma). Notable warnings:

  • Macro redefinition#define-ing an existing macro with a different body warns (with a note pointing at the previous definition) and the new definition takes effect. Redefining with an identical body is silent. See define.

Fix-it hints

Some diagnostics carry a replacement suggestion rendered under the caret when the fix is unambiguous — for example an unknown escape sequence in a string literal, where the character stands for itself and the backslash should be dropped:

/obj/sign.lpc:9:20: warning: Unknown escape sequence '\m'.
    9 |     write("Read \me!");
      |                 ^~
      |                 m

Legacy error context

#pragma show_error_context is a legacy flag that predates these clang-style diagnostics. The output shown above always includes the source snippet and caret, so the pragma no longer changes how compiler diagnostics are rendered — it survives only for the driver's older runtime error-logging path.