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Compiler error messages is such a deep topic. Even in rustc, a mature compiler that invests effort in diagnostic quality, I find interesting issues every few months.
(The majority have been fixed pretty quickly, so it's really rewarding to file issues.)
LLMs have a really unfortunate habit of leaving comments that exactly describe the bug they just fixed. I keep getting code like this:
// Let Alice and Bob log in.
if user_tags is None:
New version of difftastic is out! In this release:
* Improved git integration
* Polished the side-by-side display, particularly on large screens
* Fixed a nasty crash