I just have an idea which some of you may find good. I described
my idea on DMD issue tracker but noone responded, so I'm posting
here also.
Link to issue:
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16059
tldr:
Compiler error messages for failed overloads are not helpful
enough.
Some useful information that the messages **should** have cannot
be trivially generated from the code.
Extend the language so that a library author can write something
like this:
pragma(on_overload_resolution_error, "std.conv.toImpl", "<custom
error message>")
Examples of "<custom error message>" that library author may
choose to write:
- "The most common reason for \"toImpl\" overload resolution
error is using the \"to\" function incorrectly."
- "The \"to\" function is intended to be used for types <short
summary of acceptable types in English language>."
- "Some of the common fixes are: <short summary of common fixes>."
Does any of this make sense?
