On 8/26/16, Timo Paulssen via RT <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > we could call the method "parsefail", or maybe just "fail", or "abort". > how does that sound? > Just plain "fail" seems most appropriate.
Even the reference to the VM seems more confusing than useful to the average user. All the message really needs to say is that the printf mask is wrong, with optional extra awesomeness points if it can identify where and why.