The following reply was made to PR general/1286; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/1286: File/linenumber not always logged Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:16:07 +0100 Dean Gaudet wrote: > > No way, what's the sense of logging the file and line number? I've said > many times that: > > - the end user does not give one whit what the file:line number is > - if we can't write descriptive log messages then, well we suck > - the line number is utterly useless across code changes > > Make it an option. Do not make it a default. The error log messages are > cryptic enough already. Fair enough, but as it stands you have to patch code to find out which instance of an error message is actually occurring. An option to always log file/line is fine by me. Cheers, Ben. -- Ben Laurie |Phone: +44 (181) 735 0686|Apache Group member Freelance Consultant |Fax: +44 (181) 735 0689|http://www.apache.org and Technical Director|Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Apache-SSL author A.L. Digital Ltd, |http://www.algroup.co.uk/Apache-SSL London, England. |"Apache: TDG" http://www.ora.com/catalog/apache
