On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, John Peterson wrote: > Can C++11 static_assert or some template magic help to generate a > better error message? > > I.e. instead of: > > error: calling a private constructor of class > 'libMesh::Parallel::StandardType<libMesh::Point>' > > make the compiler print "Did you forget to include parallel_algebra.h?"
Hmm.. Definitely can't print *which* header failed to be included (if we had enough information for that then we'd just include the header) but I might be able to coerce most compilers into printing that the error is a "missing template specialization (possibly missing header)". I'd prefer to save that for post-C++11 libMesh, though; using static_assert is easier than reimplementing it. > PS why the word "algebra"? IIRC that header was originally only for communicating TypeVector/TypeTensor objects, and for those the name sounds reasonable. Why I stuck Point in there rather than creating a new header I don't recall, nor do I remember why I cut-and-pasted rather than factored out the similar TypeVector/VectorValue/Point code, but Occam's Razor says "Roy's lazy". --- Roy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Libmesh-devel mailing list Libmesh-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-devel
