Re: Formatting rules for exception messages

2019-09-27 Thread mark . reinhold
2019/9/27 6:23:54 -0700, Florian Weimer : > * mark reinhold: > >> 2019/3/25 5:24:37 -0700, Florian Weimer : >>> Are there any guidelines for formatting exception messages? >>> >>> In particular, I'm interested in the case when the exception message >>> is a (clipped) sentence. Is it supposed to

Re: Formatting rules for exception messages

2019-09-27 Thread Florian Weimer
* mark reinhold: > 2019/3/25 5:24:37 -0700, Florian Weimer : >> Are there any guidelines for formatting exception messages? >> >> In particular, I'm interested in the case when the exception message >> is a (clipped) sentence. Is it supposed to start with a capital >> letter? >> >> If the

Re: Formatting rules for exception messages

2019-03-27 Thread mark . reinhold
2019/3/25 5:24:37 -0700, Florian Weimer : > Are there any guidelines for formatting exception messages? > > In particular, I'm interested in the case when the exception message > is a (clipped) sentence. Is it supposed to start with a capital > letter? > > If the message refers to a parameter

Re: Formatting rules for exception messages

2019-03-25 Thread Roger Riggs
Hi Florian, Appropriate message composition also varies depending on the level of the library or application.  Since you are asking here I'm assuming this is about OpenJDK exception messages. Exception messages are very context dependent both on the exception being thrown and class/method from

Formatting rules for exception messages

2019-03-25 Thread Florian Weimer
Are there any guidelines for formatting exception messages? In particular, I'm interested in the case when the exception message is a (clipped) sentence. Is it supposed to start with a capital letter? If the message refers to a parameter name, the spelling should reflect the name exactly, of