Proposal: Wiki-based Exception Descriptions
Paul Prescod <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:20:49 -0700
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In GUI systems it is common to link error messages to "Help" buttons that describe when the error is likely to occur. In batch systems like Prothon, it is appropriate to use URLs for this task. I propose that Prothon exception messages be of the form: Type Error, read attempt on a property with no get_ method. See http://www.prothon.org/errors/no_get_method This page could be a wiki maintained by the Prothon community. Users could even use it to post examples of problems they have and Prothon experts could explain why they happened. Over time the page would become a pretty definitive explanation of the likely causes for a particular error. We can also use the information we collect on the page to subtype exceptions and make them more precise. Paul Prescod