C++: Naming the standard properly

Nathan Sidwell nathan@acm.org
Wed Feb 23 01:49:00 GMT 2000


Tom Tromey wrote:
> I'm not saying that the URL would replace the error message.  I'm
> saying that it would augment the message by telling you exactly which
> part of the standard you have violated.  Nobody is forcing you to
> follow the link.
We could use the internationalization of the error messages
to select whether you want error messages with urls in them, or
the plain text ones. I would _not_ want error messages to unconditionally
contain a URL -- that would just be visual clutter.

nathan

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