On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 11:22 am, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Gabi <bugspy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This exception is the biggest time waster for me when working with >> > Clojure. It doesn't give you a hint of where the problem really is. >> > I strongly suggest to improve parse error messages to contain >> > meaningful info. >> >> I just wrote a patch to LispReader that in many cases can produce >> an exception like: >> >> java.lang.Exception: EOF while reading, starting at line 7 (bad.clj:15) >> >> So while bad.clj:15 indicates the file name and the fact that >> line 15 is the last one of the file, "starting at line 7" points >> out the line where the unclosed grouping construct started. This >> might be useful. >> >> Rich, care for a bug and patch for this? >> > > Sure - thanks!
Done: http://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/249 --Chouser http://joyofclojure.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
