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Eclipse has a bunch of useful heuristic syntax inspectors that analyze code and can either set and Error, Warning, or Ignore on syntax/logic problems it finds (empty blocks, unused fields etc.). It would be nice to have an extra annotation type (in addition to Error, Warning, and Ignore) like, say, "Note". I would like to turn on these notes for informational purposes but if I set them as Warning, then all my files and problem list is cluttered with things that really aren't *warnings* per say, but just informational "notes". Also, things like the Jar exporter will consistently complain about warnings which I am then unable to discern between "real" warnings, and those informational annotations. For instance, I might have declared a field that is being unused, but I did it intentionally for the purpose of future use. Or I might use a redundant cast from a char to an int for documentation purposes to make it clear that I am casting from one thing to another. I would however like to be aware in general of when/where I am doing this in a file. These annotations already have spotted some logic errors in a rather simple codebase which I assumed was bug-free.
I believe the user is requesting something similar to the // TODO mechanism. Moving to JDT/Core for comment/closure.
Hi there. In fact I'm asking for something which is identical to what already exists, except with an extra label. The compiler options allow flagging various pieces of code as either Error, Warning, or Ignore (ignore obviously does nothing). I am merely asking for an extra "label". Call it what you want: "Info", "Notes", "Tips", "FooBar", whatever. The idea is that I get an extra option in the Error/Warning/Ignore drop down box in the compiler options. The whole point is I can differentiate between Warnings which are *real* warnings that I really care about and useful-compiler-insights-which-aren't-warnings-but-are-nice-to-know-about. A specific use case is that when I generate a jar, or simply look at my "problems" list, it is non-useful to be presented with 30 "warnings" when really they are just info/notes/tips/foobar that I have left enabled on purpose for informational purposes.
A dup of bug 47340?
Yes, I think so! I don't think any logic has to change, just add a new "Info" label... so I can decide that Info items get highlighted in the editor, but DON'T show up when I create jars, etc.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47340 ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 83548 ***
