Compiler diagnostics

• “C++ Template Metaprogramming”

• Abrahams and Gurtovoy

  • Devotes a whole chapter to interpreting compiler diagnostic messages!
  • Recommends keeping several compilers to hand – one of them may give a meaningful message.
  • "The operator should not bear the responsibility alone here; if any person is overloaded with too much information, they are most likely to do nothing while they try to understand the situation."
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