Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.ed> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:46:25PM +0530, Noorul Islam K M wrote:
>
>> 
>> Modify expected error string to use only error codes and also restrict
>> one of the lines to less than 80 characters.
>> 
>> Log
>> [[[
>> 
>> * subversion/tests/cmdline/cat_tests.py
>>   (cat_local_directory, cat_remote_directory, cat_nonexistent_file,
>>    cat_skip_uncattable, cat_unversioned_file,
>>    cat_url_special_characters, cat_non_existing_remote_file):
>>     Modify expected error string to use only error codes.
>> 
>>   (cat_skip_uncattable): Restrict line length to < 80
>> 
>> Patch by: Noorul Islam K M <noorul{_AT_}collab.net>
>> ]]]
>> 
>
> Sorry that I'm being rejecting again :)
>

No issues. 

> But I think there is value in seeing the error message in the test code.
> It makes it much easier for those reading the test code to follow
> what kind of error the test is expecting. If all people can go by
> is the error code, then they'll have to keep looking up error codes
> to understand what the test is trying to do.
> I think that's worse than adjusting tests when the message changes
> every once in a while.

Actually earlier there was request like this. So I thought it is ok to
have it here also. Please see r1071961.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

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