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Error messages are hard to read #92

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jyn514 opened this issue Feb 3, 2020 · 0 comments
Open

Error messages are hard to read #92

jyn514 opened this issue Feb 3, 2020 · 0 comments
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jyn514 commented Feb 3, 2020

Currently, errors look like this:

{"message":"can't find crate for `clap`","code":{"code":"E0463","explanation":"\nA plugin/crate was declared but cannot be found. Erroneous code example:\n\n```compile_fail,E0463\n#![feature(plugin)]\n#![plugin(cookie_monster)] // error: can't find crate for `cookie_monster`\nextern crate cake_is_a_lie; // error: can't find crate for `cake_is_a_lie`\n```\n\nYou need to link your code to the relevant crate in order to be able to use it\n(through Cargo or the `-L` option of rustc example). Plugins are crates as\nwell, and you link to them the same way.\n"},"level":"error","spans":[{"file_name":"src/main.rs","byte_start":750,"byte_end":768,"line_start":25,"line_end":25,"column_start":1,"column_end":19,"is_primary":true,"text":[{"text":"extern crate clap;","highlight_start":1,"highlight_end":19}],"label":"can't find crate","suggested_replacement":null,"suggestion_applicability":null,"expansion":null}],"children":[],"rendered":"\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;9merror[E0463]\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m: can't find crate for `clap`\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m  \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;12m--> \u001b[0m\u001b[0msrc/main.rs:25:1\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m   \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;12m|\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;12m25\u001b[0m\u001b[0m \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;12m| \u001b[0m\u001b[0mextern crate clap;\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m   \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;12m| \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;9m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\u001b[0m\u001b[0m \u001b[0m\u001b[0m\u001b[1m\u001b[38;5;9mcan't find crate\u001b[0m\n\n"}

I would rather they looked like this:

error[E0463]: can't find crate for `clap`
  --> src/main.rs:25:1
   |
25 | extern crate clap;
   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ can't find crate
@anderejd anderejd added enhancement New feature or request help wanted Extra attention is needed labels Feb 4, 2020
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