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Re: Improving error messages


From: Marius Vollmer
Subject: Re: Improving error messages
Date: 23 Mar 2003 21:33:52 +0100
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Wolfgang Jaehrling <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 08:48:12PM +0100, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> > Yes, very much!  And even more, we don't need to keep all these
> > scm_s_expression constants.  They only remove the message text from
> > the point where the message is issued.  That's a minor nuisance, I'd
> > say.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I like the idea, but the constants are
> also declared in eval.h like this:
> 
> SCM_API const char scm_s_expression[];
> 
> So it seems to me like they are part of the API.

Arghh!  Ok, we need to deprecate them first, but we don't need to use
them in eval.c itself.

> (However, if it ever becomes feasable to internationalize Guile to
> provide error messages in the native language of the user, this
> aspect of the API would most likely have to be changed anyway in one
> way or another.)

I guess the string constants are in the API by accident only.  You
can't do anything sensible with them.

> > (I s'pose there is no problem getting "the papers" from you, right?)
> 
> If I have a working and complete patch and you say that you like it,
> I'll have to contact address@hidden, right?

No, you will be contacted with detailed instructions.  Don't call us,
we call you! :-)

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