Compiler Error Messages
I've spent a fair amount of time lately tweaking the C# compiler's error messages. At some point I begin to wonder, how clearly do we have to spell things out for end users? There are at least 2 dozen different error messages that could be summarized with just “not an l-value”. Now granted, there is an extreme. Some compilers and tools do little more than tell you an error happened, and sometimes where it happened. I believe an error message should indicate what is wrong, and if possible how to fix it. So my question for anybody who reads this an actually uses C#, do you feel like the compiler error messages are good or bad? If you can give me specific examples maybe I can get a few things fixed before we ship ;)
--Grant