OpenEuphoria

Re: Minor bug found in 3.1 and previous

• Posted by Igor Kachan <kinz at peterlin?.ru> Jul 08, 2007
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Robert Craig wrote:
> Igor Kachan wrote:
> >  Robert Craig wrote:
> > > Al Getz wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > --program:
> > > > constant x=1
> > > > x=2
> > > > --end program
> > > > 
> > > > --error message:
> > > > C:\Euphoria\Projects\Test\test.exw:2
> > > > x has not been declared
> > > > x=2
> > > > ^
> > > > 
> > > > Press Enter
> > > > --end message
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Error message should be "May not change the value of a constant",
> > > > or something like that.
> > > 
> > > Yes, that would be a better message.
> > > You've caught the parser and scanner at an awkward moment.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > Rob, why not just to change the error message as:
> > 
> > x has not been declared or it is a constant already
> > 
> > ???
> 
> That would help in 1% of the cases,
> while making the other 99% slightly more confusing.
> I don't think that would be a good idea.

Rob, my percentage is -- 100% of these errors are covered
by interpreter, it is better thing to explain the sence
of a correct error message than to explain all those guts
of parser and scanner to poor user every time in 1% of
the cases, I think   

Just my $0.02.

Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru