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diff --git a/mcs/mcs/compiler.doc b/mcs/mcs/compiler.doc
index fafb61ed53163cd5f7828611552cc1b92d18fb18..952437601c0800e97b3c4d2767e05f2779a26993 100644 (file)
--- a/mcs/mcs/compiler.doc
+++ b/mcs/mcs/compiler.doc
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ The compiler has a number of phases:
 
 * Error reporting
 
-       We should try to use the `Report.Error' and `Report.Warning'
-       classes which are part of the RootContext (there is even a
-       property to access it).
+       Always use `Report::Error' or `Report::Warning' methods of Report
+       class. The actual Report instance is available via local context.
+       An expression error reporting has to be done during Resolve phase,
+       except when it's Emit specific (very rare).
 
        Error reporting should try to use the same codes that the
        Microsoft compiler uses (if only so we can track which errors
@@ -106,8 +107,9 @@ The compiler has a number of phases:
        Put your test case in a file called csNNNN.cs in the
        mcs/errors directory, and have the first two lines be:
 
-       // csNNNN.cs: This is the description.
+       // csNNNN.cs: This is the error message
        // Line: XXX
+       // Compiler options: an optional compiler options
 
        Where `XXX' is the line where the error ocurrs.  We will later
        use this as a regression test suite for catching errors in the