I thought &quot;that&#x27;s silly&quot;. Then I thought what I do when I get a compiler error. Most of the time I look at the line number, go to the source, try to figure out the mistake quickly, if nothing is obvious only then go back to the error and actually read what it said.<p>You&#x27;re right - I was taught for a long time that the compiler will usually say something like &quot;unexpected &#x27;:&#x27;&quot; - which is in most cases absolutely useless.