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REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:17:32 -0400 (EDT)
Off the Yahoo MX discussion, just a reminder for those who write code: *Always* include the parameters in the error message; pronouns and implicit references are Evil, Bad and Wrong. The 30 seconds you take to add the actual name of what you can't find/talk to could save some sysadmin *weeks* (I am not making that up; something once took me weeks). We now return you to your normal router configuration conversations. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
Current thread:
- REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters Jay Ashworth (Oct 15)
- Re: REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters Bryan Tong (Oct 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Oct 15)