https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92440
Bug ID: 92440 Summary: Error output for first error truncated with -fmax-errors=1 Product: gcc Version: 9.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: travis.downs at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Consider the following code snippet: template <int T> struct S { template <class U> friend struct S; }; S<0> s; Compiled with gcc trunk 10.0.0 and any earlier version I tried, it produces with following error without any explicit command line flags: 1 x86-64 gcc (trunk) - cached #2 with x86-64 gcc (trunk) <source>: In instantiation of 'struct S<0>': <source>:7:6: required from here <source>:1:15: error: template parameter 'int T' 1 | template <int T> | ^ <source>:4:19: error: redeclared here as 'class U' 4 | friend struct S; | ^ Compiler returned: 1 That's logically a single error. With -fmax-errors=1 the error is truncated in the middle of a "sentence" with only the first part visible, which prevents understanding the error: <source>: In instantiation of 'struct S<0>': <source>:7:6: required from here <source>:1:15: error: template parameter 'int T' 1 | template <int T> | ^ compilation terminated due to -fmax-errors=1. Compiler returned: 1 Godbolt link: https://godbolt.org/z/bX2z4f