Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>> I do this too.  In my Pascal translator I went further in that it only
>> reports the first error then exits
>
> Is it also for lexical analysis or only for syntax checking?

It is for any error.  Not only does this keep the error output uncluttered
with cascading errors, but it's also easier to write the translator that
way.  There is really no good way to proceed reasonably after a error.  The
only point would be to list all errors, which is what I don't want anyway.


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