Stream: ideas

Topic: error message formatting


view this post on Zulip Richard Feldman (Dec 16 2023 at 02:38):

I just played around with this and thought I'd share (only the first line is different) - anyone have any thoughts/preferences on this?

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view this post on Zulip Luke Boswell (Dec 16 2023 at 02:39):

I prefer all caps I think.

view this post on Zulip Agus Zubiaga (Dec 16 2023 at 04:23):

Yeah, all caps makes it stand out.

Separately, it would be nice if the file name on the right also included the line number (speared by a colon). That way, if you’re using an editor’s terminal, you can just click to go to the line with the error.


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