23 December 2003

    Bad compiler error messages suck

    This one is from visual studio:
    
    C:\home\mikal\webservice-statepersistance-xmlmagic\wwwroot\Service1.asmx.cs(329): ) expected
    
    
    The problem?
    
    [WebMethod]
    
    public string RecordSave(string	instate)
    
    {
    
    	// TODO
    
    }
    
    
    Should have read:
    
    [WebMethod]
    
    public string RecordSave(string	instate)
    
    {
    
    	// TODO
    
    	return "";
    
    }
    
    
    A more helpful error message would have saved me some significant time looking for orphan brackets.

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