>Could someone tell me how we should be wording exception messages?
>It seems like we should be using something similar to what the GNU
>coding standard requires, but I'm not sure how applicable it is to
>Java code, nor how to do all of it in native code (for example, the
>line number thing...).
The GNU standard for reporting errors? These are oriented towards user
level programs. I think simply throwing an exception with a text
description of the problem and context data is good enough.
--
Aaron M. Renn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/