GNU bug report logs - #50658
Error messages including function names violates coding conventions

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Message #35 received at 50658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50658: Error messages including function names violates
 coding conventions
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:11:23 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> +Invalid input''.  This convention is better avoided in most cases.
>
> That last sentence is unexpected, and seems to contradict everything
> you wrote before it.  Which convention should be avoided, and why?

To be honest, I was a bit unsure about this sentence.  I guess I'm
trying to say "don't overdo it" or "don't do it by default just because
you can".

But perhaps this is already clear from the rest of the text?

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