> Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
> > I'm with Peter on this one. I'd like to *not* clutter up the code and
> > error reporting with hints and suggestions which may or may not be to
> > the point.
> > We *should* have docs which list error messages and possible solutions,
> > and throwing that info into code is a poor second choice imho.
>
> While you have a point in the abstract, a big difficulty is that the
> docs never track the code with any accuracy. Look at the "Outputs"
> portions of our existing reference pages. To the extent that they
> describe possible errors at all, the information is a sad joke: out of
> date in most cases, certainly incomplete in every case. Just last week
> I was thinking that we should rip all that stuff out, rather than
> pretend it is or ever will be accurate.
I recommend tips when they are one line in length, have a high
probability of being accurate, and are common mistakes. Anything longer
and we should point to a specific section in the docs.
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