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

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Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:53:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 50658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50658: Error messages including function names violates coding conventions
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:28:59 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:11:23 -0700
> Cc: 50658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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?

Yes, I think it is.
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