[fpc-devel] Output flush on pipes

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 14 May 2006, Florian Klaempfl wrote:

> The error numbers didn't change, they are keep unique.
> 
> I propose to do the following:
> - add an option -vm (machine readable output)
> Using this option the compiler outputs the messages csv like and flushes
> after each message:
> message type <tab> file <tab> line <tab> column <tab> error number <tab>
> complete error message <tab> message template (i.e. Type $1 expected, $2
> found <tab> parameter 1 <tab> parameter 2 <tab> parameter n
> 
> To avoid trouble with future versions, a header line will describe each
> column.

Why not output XML, then ? 

<fpc-output>
<error file='name.pas' line='xyz' col='nm' code='ABC' params="X,Y,Z">Message text</error>
<warning file='name.pas' line='xyz' col='nm' code='ABC' params="X,Y,Z">warning text</warning>
<info file='name.pas' line='xyz' col='nm' code='ABC' params="X,Y,Z">info text</info>
</fpc-output>

It is extensible. Many parsing tools... Just a thought.

Michael.