Re: Error messages readibility

Peter Gummer <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:07:38 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.eiffel.smalleiffel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
François Colonna wrote:

> ****** Fatal Error: Signature of the redefined feature is not valid.
> Line 13 column 2 in FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CONTRACTED (/home/ 
> colonna/PROVIDER/FUNCTIONS/function_prototype_primitive_contracted.e):
>    FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CENTERED
>    ^
> Line 37 column 2 in FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CONTRACTED (/home/ 
> colonna/PROVIDER/FUNCTIONS/function_prototype_primitive_contracted.e):
>    object_persistent_key :  
> FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CONTRACTED_KEY is
>    ^
> Line 117 column 2 in FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CENTERED (/home/ 
> colonna/PROVIDER/FUNCTIONS/function_prototype_primitive_centered.e):
>    object_persistent_key :  
> FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CENTERED_KEY is
>    ^

What is FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CENTERED at line 13? The error  
message says that it is a feature, but  
FUNCTION_PROTOTYPE_PRIMITIVE_CENTERED looks like the name of a class,  
not a feature.

Also, why are there two functions called object_persistent_key?

Perhaps you should post some of your code.

- Peter Gummer