# bynk-render
[](https://crates.io/crates/bynk-render)
[](https://docs.rs/bynk-render)
[](#license)
The **shared diagnostic-rendering layer for the
[Bynk](https://github.com/accuser/bynk) compiler**.
Given a slice of `bynk_syntax::CompileError` plus the source and a filename, it
produces the human and machine forms of a Bynk diagnostic:
- **human** — rich, source-pointing [`ariadne`](https://crates.io/crates/ariadne)
output (with a colourless variant for byte-stable transcripts), and
- **`short`** — one terse `path:line:col: severity[category]: message` line per
error, the format the editor problem-matcher parses.
The per-line pieces (`short_line`, `severity_word`) are public too, so a
front-end composing its own line output stays byte-identical to `short`.
Both CLI front-ends render through this one crate, so `bynkc` and `bynk`
display the same error identically — and the `short` form is what the VS Code
problem-matcher parses. The crate is a
pure presentation layer: it depends on
[`bynk-syntax`](https://crates.io/crates/bynk-syntax) **only** (plus `ariadne`)
and never sees the checker or emitter — structured diagnostics flow *down* into
it, never the other way.
## Where it sits
`bynk-render` sits directly on the `bynk-syntax` leaf:
```text
bynk-syntax lexer, parser, AST, CompileError, diagnostic codes
├── bynk-project project model: discovery, unit graph, paths
├── bynk-ts the TypeScript tree and its printer
├── bynk-render diagnostic rendering
├── bynk-fmt the formatter
└── bynk-check name resolution and type checking + project
├── bynk-ir declaration-level IR
│ └── bynk-lower AST → IR helpers
├── bynk-emit build sequencing, TS emission + ts, ir, lower, project
│ ├── bynk-strip TS → JS type-stripping + ts
│ └── bynk-driver shared CLI command bodies + fmt, render, ts
└── bynk-ide non-bailing editor analysis + project, fmt
```
Each crate depends on its parent in the tree, plus any crates listed after
its `+`. The front-ends sit on top: the `bynkc` and `bynk` CLIs over
`bynk-driver`, the `bynkc-lsp` language server (`bynk-lsp`) over `bynk-ide`, and
the unpublished `bynk-wasm` playground module over `bynk-emit`, `bynk-strip`,
and `bynk-ide`.
Most users see this crate's output through the
[`bynkc`](https://crates.io/crates/bynkc) / [`bynk`](https://crates.io/crates/bynk)
CLIs (via [`bynk-driver`](https://crates.io/crates/bynk-driver)) rather than
depending on it directly.
## Use
```toml
[dependencies]
bynk-render = "0.307"
```
```rust
// `errors: &[bynk_syntax::CompileError]`, with the source and a label.
bynk_render::print_errors(errors, source, filename); // ariadne, to stderr
let short = bynk_render::render_errors_short(errors, source, filename);
```
See the [API docs](https://docs.rs/bynk-render) for the full surface.
## License
Licensed under either of [Apache-2.0](https://github.com/accuser/bynk/blob/main/LICENSE-APACHE) or
[MIT](https://github.com/accuser/bynk/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT) at your option.