Re: Error message style guide, take 2

"Dann Corbit"  writes:
>> I didn't actually see anything to it except for a very ugly 
>> spelling of ERROR:, NOTICE:, WARNING:, etc.  What exactly is 
>> there in their scheme that you can't do as well or better 
>> with our existing practices?

> There is a unique signature that makes things easy to find. A grep for
> '%' will find all errors, warnings and informational messages.  A grep
> for '-E-' will find all errors.  The words 'error', 'warning' and
> 'notice' are not likely to be unique.

You think grep "ERROR:" is likely to get more false hits than grep "-E-"?
Somehow I doubt it.
		regards, tom lane