Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:31): Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:31):Do we have any guiding principals for error messages?
Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:31):Specifically the way we write the wording.
Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:32):It seems we are writing these in the first person from the compilers perspective - using words like I was trying to parse X but couldn't..
Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:34):I found Evan's blog article interesting https://elm-lang.org/news/compiler-errors-for-humans
Luke Boswell (Jul 28 2024 at 03:37):I'm just wondering if we have anything written down already
Anton (Jul 29 2024 at 08:49):Good point, I think @Richard Feldman has looked into the research on error messages
Richard Feldman (Jul 29 2024 at 12:42):yeah first person is the way to go
Richard Feldman (Jul 29 2024 at 12:43):we didn't do that with the original error messages, but making them first person is good now that we know it's what we want!
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