The error messages have always been terse and tweaking them now would cause more trouble than is justified.
What would be good would be a wiki page that listed all the error messages along with examples, explanations, and gotchas. On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:23 PM Arthur Anger <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently spent some time puzzling over a syntax error in an "obviously" > correct phrase. It took some time to recognize that the error lay in > attempting Global assignment to a Local variable. > > It's not only for newcomers that it would be helpful to have that > discrepancy reported specifically as a Localization error. I suppose that > there may also be some conditions meriting a Locale error, dealing with > mis-specification or mis-application of locale, a mostly invisible aspect > of execution. > --AA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
