Capture output of :make

Is it possible to capture the output of :make in order to show it
in a buffer (when there are no errors)?

My use case is as follows: I have some files that I want to process
to produce reports. But the files may contain syntax errors, in which
case I'd like such errors to be sent to a quickfix window.

What I am doing now is setting the global errorformat and using cexpr,
along these lines:

let output = system(cmd)
if v:shell_error
set errorformat=%f:%l:%m
cexpr output
copen
else
bo new
call append(0, output)
endif

This works, but I have to set the global errorformat, which I am not
sure is a good thing (say, if I want to distribute the code as a plugin).
Is there a better way?

Nicola


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