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Re: MI error messages


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> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:59:50 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
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> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:03:34PM +0300, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > On Friday 10 February 2006 16:47, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 01:54:08PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > > From:  Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su>
> > > > > Date:  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:35:08 +0300
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Is it guaranteed that all MI error message start with function name
> > > > > and a semicolon?
> > > >
> > > > I see a small number of error messages that don't, but those are
> > > > probably bugs that need to be fixed.
> > >
> > > Really?  Why?  I don't think the function name adds much value in
> > > user-level error messages.  Internal errors, sure.
> > 
> > Does it mean that function names should be removed from error messages to 
> > user?
> 
> I have no idea.  Personally, I think they should be.

I agree.

Mark


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