https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84890
--- Comment #1 from David Malcolm <dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Hacker News user "dmckeon" commented: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603185 > A small idea: reframe suggestions to be positive, future-looking, > and pro-active, such as replacing: > > did you forget to ‘#include <limits.h>’? > > with: > > do you want to ‘#include <limits.h>’? > > or, perhaps better: > > you may want to ‘#include <limits.h>’. > > It may seem a small thing, but focusing on the solution rather > than the problem may tend to sooth the mind of the coder, rather > than to magnify their annoyance. I like this. > Consider it a path that is the opposite of Nedry's > "You didn't say the magic word!" Indeed. We want the feeling that the compiler is the servant of the user, not the other way around.
