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eru on July 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Compiler Errors for Humans

Another option is to make indentation meaningful to fix C's problem here.

panic on July 1, 2015 [–]

You could use the indentation as a hint for error reporting even without giving it syntactic meaning.

eru on July 2, 2015 | [–]

Good and workable compromise! Perhaps even make it a proper warning, even if inconsistent indentation is the only thing wrong.

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