From 5de06365776687265ecf017979b33163db59e93e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xdBronch <51252236+xdBronch@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 14:49:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] expose  to build system

---
 lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index 2d08541545..d06a44c4da 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ generated_llvm_bc: ?*GeneratedFile,
 generated_llvm_ir: ?*GeneratedFile,
 generated_h: ?*GeneratedFile,
 
+/// The maximum number of distinct errors within a compilation step
+/// Defaults to `std.math.maxInt(u16)`
+error_limit: ?u32 = null,
+
 pub const ExpectedCompileErrors = union(enum) {
     contains: []const u8,
     exact: []const []const u8,
@@ -2092,6 +2096,11 @@ fn make(step: *Step, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !void {
         });
     }
 
+    if (self.error_limit) |err_limit| try zig_args.appendSlice(&.{
+        "--error-limit",
+        b.fmt("{}", .{err_limit}),
+    });
+
     try zig_args.append("--listen=-");
 
     // Windows has an argument length limit of 32,766 characters, macOS 262,144 and Linux