New features in GCC 16: Improved error messages and SARIF output -- David Malcolm (opens in new tab)

GCC 16 is about to be released, so I'm sharing some of the new features I worked on this year. Some changes are visible to users, while others improve the system more subtly. by David Malcolm From the article: A well-known challenge for C++ developers is the readability of template-related error messages. C++ compilers tend to either provide too little information or spew screenfuls of text at you. Either way, the errors can be difficult to decipher. GCC error messages have a hierarchical str...