"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com> writes:
>> 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?
> There is a unique signature that makes things easy to find. A grep for
> '%' will find all errors, warnings and informational messages. A grep
> for '-E-' will find all errors. The words 'error', 'warning' and
> 'notice' are not likely to be unique.
You think grep "ERROR:" is likely to get more false hits than grep "-E-"?
Somehow I doubt it.
regards, tom lane