Re: Error message style guide, take 2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Error message style guide, take 2
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Msg-id 218.1053121522@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Error message style guide, take 2  (Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>)
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Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com> writes:
> Dann Corbit wrote:
>> I really like the way the RDB and VMS log error messages.

> I'm very much in agreement here.  In addition to the advantages listed
> above, this scheme is vastly superior to simply issuing error numbers
> because the reader can at least get an idea of what the error itself
> actually is even if he doesn't have the detail text associated with
> the error.

I didn't actually see anything to it except for a very ugly spelling of
ERROR:, NOTICE:, WARNING:, etc.  What exactly is there in their scheme
that you can't do as well or better with our existing practices?
        regards, tom lane


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