src: improve messages (and sometime location) of errors and warnings

[nit.git] / src / ffi / c_compiler_options.nit

diff --git a/src/ffi/c_compiler_options.nit b/src/ffi/c_compiler_options.nit
index 878785c..1618f9e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ffi/c_compiler_options.nit
+++ b/src/ffi/c_compiler_options.nit
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ private class CCompilerOptionsPhase
                var modelbuilder = toolcontext.modelbuilder
 
                if not nmoduledecl isa AModuledecl then
-                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax error: only the declaration of modules may use \"{annotation_name}\".")
+                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax Error: only the declaration of modules may use `{annotation_name}`.")
                        return
                end
 
                var args = nat.n_args
                if args.is_empty then
-                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax error: \"{annotation_name}\" expects at least one argument.")
+                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax Error: `{annotation_name}` expects at least one argument.")
                        return
                end
 
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ private class CCompilerOptionsPhase
                                # We support calls to "exec" only
                                var exec_args = expr.n_args.to_a
                                if expr.n_id.text != "exec" or exec_args.is_empty then
-                                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax error: \"{annotation_name}\" accepts only calls to `exec` with the command as arguments.")
+                                       modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax Error: `{annotation_name}` accepts only calls to `exec` with the command as arguments.")
                                        return
                                end
 
                                var exec_args_as_strings = new Array[String]
                                for exec_arg in exec_args do
                                        if not exec_arg isa AStringFormExpr then
-                                               modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax error: calls to `exec` expects the arguments to be String literals.")
+                                               modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax Error: calls to `exec` expects the arguments to be String literals.")
                                                return
                                        else
                                                var arg_string = exec_arg.collect_text
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ private class CCompilerOptionsPhase
                                var opt = new ExecCCompilerOption(exec_args_as_strings, expr)
                                options.add(opt)
                        else
-                               modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax error: \"{annotation_name}\" expects its arguments to be the name of the package as String literals.")
+                               modelbuilder.error(nat, "Syntax Error: `{annotation_name}` expects its arguments to be the name of the package as String literals.")
                                return
                        end
                end
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ private class CCompilerOptionsPhase
                                # check result
                                var status = proc.status
                                if status != 0 then
-                                       modelbuilder.error(opt.exec_node, "Annotation error: Something went wrong executing the argument of annotation \"{annotation_name}\", make sure the command is valid.")
+                                       modelbuilder.error(opt.exec_node, "Error: something went wrong when executing the argument of `{annotation_name}`, make sure the command is valid.")
                                        return
                                end
 
                                # process result
                                var result = proc.read_all.replace("\n", " ")
                                if result.is_empty then
-                                       modelbuilder.error(opt.exec_node, "Annotation error: Got no result from the command, make sure it is valid.")
+                                       modelbuilder.error(opt.exec_node, "Error: got no result from the command, make sure it is valid.")
                                        return
                                end
                                simplified_options.add(new DirectCCompilerOption(result))
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ private class CCompilerOptionsPhase
                if annots != null then
                        var items = annots.n_items
                        if items.length > 1 then
-                               modelbuilder.error(annots, "Annotation error: `annotation_name` accepts only a single annotation, the platform name")
+                               modelbuilder.error(annots, "Syntax Error: `{annotation_name}` accepts only a single annotation, the platform name.")
                                return
                        end
                        assert items.length == 1