Re: [HACKERS] Prefixing libpq error message with function names

2001-07-12 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So would anyone object if I get rid of this while doing the i18n pass over > libpq? Don't forget to fix the numerous places where examples of these messages appear in the documentation ... regards, tom lane -

Re: [HACKERS] Prefixing libpq error message with function names

2001-07-12 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Most, or at least half, of the error messages that libpq itself generates > look like "PQwhatever(): this and that went wrong", where PQwhatever is > usually the function that generates the error message. > > I consider this practice ugly. If PQwhatever is an exported API function, > then the

[HACKERS] Prefixing libpq error message with function names

2001-07-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Most, or at least half, of the error messages that libpq itself generates look like "PQwhatever(): this and that went wrong", where PQwhatever is usually the function that generates the error message. I consider this practice ugly. If PQwhatever is an exported API function, then the users knows