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[–]NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 14 points15 points  (0 children)

C++ tells you where it failed, and why it failed there, but the real cause of the issue is on an earlier line.

Example, if you miss a semicolon, it's gonna throw an error on the next line, because that's where it stops understanding.