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+#include "error.hh"
+#include "nixexpr.hh"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <optional>
+
+int main()
+{
+    using namespace nix;
+
+    // In each program where errors occur, this has to be set.
+    ErrorInfo::programName = std::optional("error-demo");
+
+    // Error in a program; no hint and no nix code.
+    printErrorInfo(
+        ErrorInfo { .level = elError,
+                    .name = "name",
+                    .description = "error description",
+                  });
+
+    // Warning with name, description, and hint.
+    // The hintfmt function makes all the substituted text yellow.
+    printErrorInfo(
+        ErrorInfo { .level = elWarning,
+                    .name = "name",
+                    .description = "error description",
+                    .hint =  std::optional(
+                                 hintfmt("there was a %1%", "warning")),
+                  });
+
+
+    // Warning with nix file, line number, column, and the lines of
+    // code where a warning occurred.
+    SymbolTable testTable;
+    auto problem_file = testTable.create("myfile.nix");
+
+    printErrorInfo(
+        ErrorInfo{
+            .level = elWarning,
+            .name = "warning name",
+            .description = "warning description",
+            .hint = hintfmt("this hint has %1% templated %2%!!", "yellow", "values"),
+            .nixCode = NixCode {
+                .errPos = Pos(problem_file, 40, 13),
+                .prevLineOfCode = std::nullopt,
+                .errLineOfCode = "this is the problem line of code",
+                .nextLineOfCode = std::nullopt
+            }});
+
+    // Error with previous and next lines of code.
+    printErrorInfo(
+        ErrorInfo{
+            .level = elError,
+            .name = "error name",
+            .description = "error description",
+            .hint = hintfmt("this hint has %1% templated %2%!!", "yellow", "values"),
+            .nixCode = NixCode {
+                .errPos = Pos(problem_file, 40, 13),
+                .prevLineOfCode = std::optional("previous line of code"),
+                .errLineOfCode = "this is the problem line of code",
+                .nextLineOfCode = std::optional("next line of code"),
+            }});
+
+
+    return 0;
+}