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+# Revision history for diagnostician
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- 2026-03-30
+
+* Initial export from internal project. Basic features are in place.
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+Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
+==================================
+
+1. Definitions
+--------------
+
+1.1. "Contributor"
+    means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
+    the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
+
+1.2. "Contributor Version"
+    means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
+    by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
+
+1.3. "Contribution"
+    means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
+
+1.4. "Covered Software"
+    means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
+    the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
+    Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
+    including portions thereof.
+
+1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
+    means
+
+    (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
+        in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
+
+    (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
+        version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
+        terms of a Secondary License.
+
+1.6. "Executable Form"
+    means any form of the work other than Source Code Form.
+
+1.7. "Larger Work"
+    means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
+    a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software.
+
+1.8. "License"
+    means this document.
+
+1.9. "Licensable"
+    means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible,
+    whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and
+    all of the rights conveyed by this License.
+
+1.10. "Modifications"
+    means any of the following:
+
+    (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
+        deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
+        Software; or
+
+    (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
+        Software.
+
+1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor
+    means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method,
+    process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
+    Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the
+    License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having
+    made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its
+    Contributor Version.
+
+1.12. "Secondary License"
+    means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General
+    Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those
+    licenses.
+
+1.13. "Source Code Form"
+    means the form of the work preferred for making modifications.
+
+1.14. "You" (or "Your")
+    means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this
+    License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that
+    controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For
+    purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct
+    or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity,
+    whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than
+    fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial
+    ownership of such entity.
+
+2. License Grants and Conditions
+--------------------------------
+
+2.1. Grants
+
+Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
+non-exclusive license:
+
+(a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)
+    Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available,
+    modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its
+    Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or
+    as part of a Larger Work; and
+
+(b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer
+    for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its
+    Contributions or its Contributor Version.
+
+2.2. Effective Date
+
+The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution
+become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
+distributes such Contribution.
+
+2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope
+
+The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
+this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
+distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
+Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a
+Contributor:
+
+(a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
+    or
+
+(b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
+    modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
+    Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
+    Version); or
+
+(c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
+    its Contributions.
+
+This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks,
+or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with
+the notice requirements in Section 3.4).
+
+2.4. Subsequent Licenses
+
+No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
+distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
+License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
+permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
+
+2.5. Representation
+
+Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
+Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights
+to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License.
+
+2.6. Fair Use
+
+This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under
+applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other
+equivalents.
+
+2.7. Conditions
+
+Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
+in Section 2.1.
+
+3. Responsibilities
+-------------------
+
+3.1. Distribution of Source Form
+
+All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
+Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
+the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
+Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
+License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
+attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
+Form.
+
+3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
+
+If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
+
+(a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
+    Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
+    the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
+    Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
+    than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
+
+(b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
+    License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
+    license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter
+    the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License.
+
+3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
+
+You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,
+provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
+the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
+Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
+Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
+License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
+under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
+the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
+Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
+License(s).
+
+3.4. Notices
+
+You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
+(including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty,
+or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of
+the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to
+the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.
+
+3.5. Application of Additional Terms
+
+You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
+Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
+behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
+such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
+You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
+liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional
+disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any
+jurisdiction.
+
+4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
+License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
+statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
+the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
+describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
+be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
+Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
+or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
+recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
+
+5. Termination
+--------------
+
+5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
+if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
+compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
+Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
+ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
+non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
+come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
+notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
+first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
+from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
+Your receipt of the notice.
+
+5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
+infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
+counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
+directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
+You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
+2.1 of this License shall terminate.
+
+5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
+end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
+have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
+prior to termination shall survive termination.
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  6. Disclaimer of Warranty                                           *
+*  -------------------------                                           *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is"       *
+*  basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or  *
+*  statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the       *
+*  Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a        *
+*  particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the     *
+*  quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You.        *
+*  Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You     *
+*  (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing,   *
+*  repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an   *
+*  essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is   *
+*  authorized under this License except under this disclaimer.         *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  7. Limitation of Liability                                          *
+*  --------------------------                                          *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort      *
+*  (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any           *
+*  Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as          *
+*  permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect,         *
+*  special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character      *
+*  including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of    *
+*  goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any    *
+*  and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party      *
+*  shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This   *
+*  limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or   *
+*  personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the       *
+*  extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some               *
+*  jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of           *
+*  incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and          *
+*  limitation may not apply to You.                                    *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+8. Litigation
+-------------
+
+Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the
+courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal
+place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that
+jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions.
+Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring
+cross-claims or counter-claims.
+
+9. Miscellaneous
+----------------
+
+This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject
+matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
+unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
+necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides
+that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter
+shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor.
+
+10. Versions of the License
+---------------------------
+
+10.1. New Versions
+
+Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section
+10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or
+publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a
+distinguishing version number.
+
+10.2. Effect of New Versions
+
+You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version
+of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software,
+or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license
+steward.
+
+10.3. Modified Versions
+
+If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to
+create a new license for such software, you may create and use a
+modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove
+any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that
+such modified license differs from this License).
+
+10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary
+Licenses
+
+If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With
+Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the
+notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached.
+
+Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice
+-------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular
+file, then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE
+file in a relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look
+for such a notice.
+
+You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
+
+Exhibit B - "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses" Notice
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
+  defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
diff --git a/diagnostician.cabal b/diagnostician.cabal
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+cabal-version:   3.4
+name:            diagnostician
+description:     A minimal, opinionated library for compiler error messages
+version:         0.1.0.0
+license:         MPL-2.0
+license-file:    LICENSE
+maintainer:      root@owenlynch.org
+author:          Owen Lynch
+category:        Language
+build-type:      Simple
+extra-doc-files: CHANGELOG.md
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:    Diagnostician
+    hs-source-dirs:     src
+    default-language:   GHC2024
+    default-extensions:
+        BlockArguments CPP TypeData DerivingVia FunctionalDependencies
+        ImplicitParams MagicHash NoFieldSelectors OrPatterns
+        OverloadedRecordDot OverloadedStrings PatternSynonyms QualifiedDo
+        StrictData TemplateHaskell TypeFamilies TypeFamilyDependencies
+        UnboxedSums UnboxedTuples UnicodeSyntax ViewPatterns
+
+    ghc-options:        -Wall
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.21.0.0,
+        containers,
+        prettyprinter,
+        text,
+        vector
+
+test-suite diagnostician-test
+    type:               exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    main-is:            Main.hs
+    hs-source-dirs:     test
+    default-language:   GHC2024
+    default-extensions:
+        BlockArguments CPP TypeData DerivingVia FunctionalDependencies
+        ImplicitParams MagicHash NoFieldSelectors OrPatterns
+        OverloadedRecordDot OverloadedStrings PatternSynonyms QualifiedDo
+        StrictData TemplateHaskell TypeFamilies TypeFamilyDependencies
+        UnboxedSums UnboxedTuples UnicodeSyntax ViewPatterns
+
+    ghc-options:        -Wall
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.21.0.0,
+        containers >=0.7,
+        diagnostician
diff --git a/src/Diagnostician.hs b/src/Diagnostician.hs
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+module Diagnostician where
+
+import Data.Map (Map)
+import Data.Map qualified as Map
+import Data.Maybe (maybeToList)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text qualified as T
+import Data.Text.Unsafe qualified as TU
+import Data.Vector.Unboxed qualified as UV
+import Prettyprinter
+import Prettyprinter.Render.Text
+import System.IO (Handle)
+
+-- Pretty printer annotations
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- TODO: more annotations for colors
+data DiagnosticAnn = DPlain
+
+-- Diagnostician doc
+type DDoc = Doc DiagnosticAnn
+
+-- | Pretty for diagnostics
+class DPretty a where
+  dpretty :: a -> DDoc
+
+-- Source locations
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type Pos = Int
+
+data Span = Span {start :: Int, end :: Int}
+  deriving (Eq)
+
+instance DPretty Span where
+  dpretty (Span s e) = pretty s <> ":" <> pretty e
+
+-- Util
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sliceWord8 :: Pos -> Pos -> Text -> Text
+sliceWord8 s e t = TU.dropWord8 s $ TU.takeWord8 e t
+
+-- Files
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | A @File@ is used to display diagnostic messages.
+-- Specifically, a @File@ is used to convert the @Span@ in a diagnostic message
+-- into snippet of source code with the span underlined.
+--
+-- In order to do this, we need to convert the byte positions in the @Span@ into
+-- line/column positions. This can be done fairly efficiently by binary search
+-- through the vector of newline positions in the file, so we create this vector
+-- whenever we open a file and store it in the @File@ record.
+data File = File
+  { name :: FilePath,
+    contents :: T.Text,
+    lineBreaks :: UV.Vector Pos
+  }
+
+newFile :: FilePath -> T.Text -> File
+newFile x t = File x t (findLineBreaks t)
+
+findLineBreaks :: T.Text -> UV.Vector Pos
+findLineBreaks t = UV.unfoldr nextNewline (-1)
+  where
+    l = TU.lengthWord8 t
+    nextNewline i
+      | i == -1 = Just (-1, 0)
+      | i < l = case TU.iter t i of
+          TU.Iter '\n' j -> Just (i, i + j)
+          TU.Iter _ j -> nextNewline (i + j)
+      | i == l = Just (i, i + 1)
+      | otherwise = Nothing
+
+type LineNum = Int
+
+lineStart :: File -> LineNum -> Pos
+lineStart f l = (f.lineBreaks UV.! l) + 1
+
+lineEnd :: File -> LineNum -> Pos
+lineEnd f l = f.lineBreaks UV.! (l + 1)
+
+lineSpan :: File -> LineNum -> Span
+lineSpan f l = Span (lineStart f l) (lineEnd f l)
+
+lineContents :: File -> LineNum -> T.Text
+lineContents f l = sliceWord8 (lineStart f l) (lineEnd f l) f.contents
+
+lineOf :: File -> Pos -> LineNum
+lineOf f i =
+  seq
+    (0 <= i && i < TU.lengthWord8 f.contents || error "position out of bounds")
+    (go 0 (UV.length f.lineBreaks - 1))
+  where
+    go l r
+      | l == r = l
+      | i < lineStart f m = go l m
+      | i > lineEnd f m = go m r
+      | otherwise = m
+      where
+        m = (l + r) `div` 2
+
+repeated :: Int -> Char -> Doc ann
+repeated n c
+  | n == 0 = mempty
+  | n == 1 = pretty c
+  | otherwise = pretty (T.replicate n (T.singleton c))
+
+linePretty :: Int -> LineNum -> Span -> T.Text -> Span -> DDoc
+linePretty numWidth l (Span ls le) t (Span s e) =
+  vsep
+    [ gutter <+> pretty t,
+      gutter <+> repeated ns ' ' <> repeated nc '^'
+    ]
+  where
+    s' = max ls s
+    e' = min le e
+    ns = T.length $ sliceWord8 0 (s' - ls) t
+    nc = max 1 $ T.length $ sliceWord8 (s' - ls) (e' - ls) t
+    ln = fill numWidth $ pretty $ l + 1
+    gutter = ln <+> "|"
+
+numDigits :: Int -> Int
+numDigits n = go (abs n)
+  where
+    go x
+      | x < 10 = 1
+      | otherwise = 1 + go (x `div` 10)
+
+-- | This is the function used to display the source code for a @Span@.
+linesPretty :: File -> Span -> DDoc
+linesPretty f sp@(Span s e) =
+  vsep
+    [ linePretty numWidth l (lineSpan f l) (lineContents f l) sp
+    | l <- [ls .. le]
+    ]
+  where
+    ls = lineOf f s
+    le = lineOf f e
+    numWidth = max (numDigits ls) (numDigits le)
+
+-- Reporter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | A @Reporter@ is a destination for diagnostic messages. Currently this is
+-- very simplistic; it's just a byte sink. The @reporterFancy@ flag is in theory
+-- used to configure whether colors should be used, but we don't even look at
+-- that yet.
+data Reporter = Reporter
+  { handle :: Handle,
+    fancy :: Bool
+  }
+
+-- Diagnostics
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+data Severity = SDebug | SInfo | SWarning | SError
+
+data CodeMeta = CodeMeta
+  { number :: Int,
+    severity :: Severity,
+    about :: Maybe Text
+  }
+
+class Code a where
+  codeMeta :: a -> CodeMeta
+
+promoteCodeTable :: (Ord b) => Map a CodeMeta -> (a -> b) -> Int -> Map b CodeMeta
+promoteCodeTable t f offset =
+  Map.fromList
+    [(f c, m {number = m.number + offset}) | (c, m) <- Map.toList t]
+
+padWithZerosTo :: Int -> Int -> Doc ann
+padWithZerosTo w i = repeated (w - numDigits i) '0' <> pretty i
+
+prtCode :: (Code a) => a -> DDoc
+prtCode c = s <> "[" <> sl <> padWithZerosTo 4 m.number <> "]"
+  where
+    m = codeMeta c
+    (s, sl) = case m.severity of
+      SDebug -> ("debug", "D")
+      SInfo -> ("info", "I")
+      SWarning -> ("warning", "W")
+      SError -> ("error", "E")
+
+data SourceLoc = SourceLoc
+  { file :: File,
+    span :: Span
+  }
+
+instance DPretty SourceLoc where
+  dpretty (SourceLoc f s) = linesPretty f s
+
+data Note = Note
+  { noteSourceLoc :: Maybe SourceLoc,
+    noteMessage :: Maybe DDoc
+  }
+
+instance DPretty Note where
+  dpretty (Note loc message) =
+    vsep $
+      (dpretty <$> maybeToList loc) ++ (unAnnotate <$> maybeToList message)
+
+data Diagnostic a = Diagnostic
+  { code :: a,
+    summary :: DDoc,
+    notes :: [Note]
+  }
+  deriving (Functor)
+
+instance (Code a) => DPretty (Diagnostic a) where
+  dpretty d =
+    vsep $
+      (prtCode d.code <> ": " <> unAnnotate d.summary) : (map dpretty d.notes)
+
+reportIO :: (Code a) => Reporter -> Diagnostic a -> IO ()
+reportIO r d = hPutDoc r.handle (hardline <> dpretty d <> hardline)
+
+data ReporterFor a
+  = forall c.
+  (Code c) =>
+  ReporterFor {translator :: a -> c, reporter :: Reporter}
+
+reportTo :: ReporterFor a -> Diagnostic a -> IO ()
+reportTo (ReporterFor t r) d = reportIO r (fmap t d)
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
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+module Main (main) where
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented."
