Re: Printing types

["Martin v. Loewis" <martin at mira dot isdn dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>]

> Safe the World from confusion.
> Fix your error messages!

Carlo,

I was thinking what to do with your message. I had three options:
a) silently put it in my wishlist folder,
b) silently ignore it,
c) respond to it, outright rejecting the idea.

I found b) is better than a), since it is unlikely that I ever would
want to make such a change myself.

To me, it looks there is some work involved with such a change, for no
detectable advantage. C++ users will need to learn reading types
written in different styles, anyway, so using a specific style in
error message won't change the world.

It doesn't harm, either: So if you feel strongly about it, don't try
to convince others, just go ahead and come up with a patch yourself.

Regards,
Martin