[swift-dev] Descriptive Protocol non-conformance errors

[Ted kremenek]

> On Jul 6, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Douglas Gregor via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Sean Alling via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> I’m suggesting a change to the compiler that returns an error when an object 'does not conform to protocol’ to nest sub-errors that’ll list what properties and methods the object hasn’t implemented.
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>> I’m using the idea of a nested error so that the exceptions thrown will be grouped when shown. That was each doesn’t create a new error, racking up the error count, but rather just showing the developer the things he/she needs to implement.
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> I would *love* for us to have errors with Fix-Its that put in stub declarations for what you need to implement to conform to the protocol. I don’t think you should use sub-errors, though, because the structure doesn’t always come across well in IDEs. Rather, I’d suggest emitting one error per missing requirement, with a Fix-It that adds the proper declaration into the type/extension that declared conformance, and a note pointing to the requirement itself.
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>    - Doug

Do we have a JIRA issue for this idea?

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