[Bug c++/23823] Is this right?

[bangerth at dealii dot org]

------- Additional Comments From bangerth at dealii dot org  2005-09-12 14:54 -------
(In reply to comment #9) 
 
> Of course, if the target audience for gcc is the developers that work on it, 
> then the present message is just fine... 
 
Well, it certainly isn't. We are just struggling with trying to find wordings 
that are understandable for the laypeople while still trying to be concise 
in notation, i.e. using the terminology of the standard. In addition, error 
messages need to be short. 
 
I, too, use argument and parameter interchangeably in colloquial speaking, 
but I believe that we should not do that in error messages. 
 
That said, I think Richard's suggestion in comment #7 goes in the right 
direction. 
 
W. 

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